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 ...

To find her mate amidst a cacophony of frog croaks, groans, squeaks and trills, a female green tree frog just needs to take a deep breath. “We think the lungs are working a bit like some ...

It's the next generation -- of tree frogs. A new species was discovered in Madagascar and named for having "Star Trek" like cadences. Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection Beam me up, froggy. Deep in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...