When frog males attempt to attract a mate, their loud calls are competing with other males, and the calls of other species. For the females the noise problem is a little like a lively cocktail party.

For frogs, love is noisy. Each spring, swamps, marshes and ponds across the United States become the amphibian equivalent of raucous singles bars as a host of damp-skinned hopefuls from many species ...

Fewer than 100 of the creatures that make the distinct call survive in the wild.

Each spring, when the weather starts warming, Midlander Eldon Enger drives down dark country roads, getting out of his truck to check for frogs and toads nearby. Although it might sound like a kooky ...

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An international team of researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests of Madagascar. Their strange, high-pitched whistling calls sound ...

Most male frogs want their mating call to stand out from the crowd, and they do that by calling when nobody else is. This makes sure that the females hear them loud and clear, and know where they are.

For us humans, having a conversation in a crowded room is challenging – it’s often called the cocktail party problem. The mix of sounds arriving at our eardrums needs to be analysed to pick out the ...

Although it might sound like a kooky way to spend a warm evening, Enger performs a valuable service for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources by helping determine the state s frog and toad ...