INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Avoiding eye contact or wearing a fake wedding ring may be common tactics in avoiding unwanted attention by the opposite sex for humans, but other creatures make more dramatic ...

Female frogs fake their deaths to avoid sexual interactions, a new study has found. Experts previously believed that she-frogs weren’t able to fend off unwanted male attention — in the form of ...

Male frogs commonly coerce female frogs into mating, but some females have come up with ways to avoid harassment – including playing dead. Many frog species, including the European common frog (Rana ...

They pretend they’re dead and use a variety of other tactics to avoid the advances of overeager males, proving they’re not defenseless and passive. By Elizabeth Preston Some male frogs cannot take a ...

The croaking of frogs and toads is as much a part of spring as birdsong and gardening. When these animals go courting in ponds and pools, it’s hard to miss—though not everyone enjoys nighttime frog ...

Across the animal kingdom, sound is more than communication – it’s a signal of survival and success. From birds and primates to insects, fish and amphibians, animals broadcast acoustic “advertisements ...