Female frogs have developed a number of ways to get out of sex, including rolling, grunting and even faking their own deaths, scientists have discovered. European common frogs ...

Female frog calls are also quite diverse. Researchers classified them into six distinct types: advertisement, courtship, amplexus (mating embrace), release (to signal non-receptiveness), ...

Female European common frogs were observed engaging in "tonic immobility," essentially feigning their own death to avoid mating, according to a study published Wednesday in Royal Society Open Science.

Now comes a study about female frogs — and revelations about how the amphibians take "ghosting" to the next level in their world by playing dead to avoid unwanted male interactions.

A new theory suggests that female frogs may eat male frogs after mating. That's right, I suppose those feelings of love do not extend past the mating act. It's A Frog Eat Frog World Dr. John Gould, ...

Female green frogs have two X chromosomes, whereas males have an X and Y. The researchers found that males outnumbered females in all but one of the 18 ponds they studied.

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 ...

Female frogs rotate their own body when in a mating position with other frogs. Release vocal emissions, or calls. Use tonic immobility when grabbed by a male, sometimes for several hours.

It’s frog-eat-frog in the amphibian dating game. An ecologist has captured the moment a female green and golden bell frog attempted to eat a male suitor. Dr. John Gould, from the University of ...

"The circumstances of the attempted cannibalism - with an adult female frog targeting an adult male suitor - has prompted Dr. Gould to explore a new theory that female frogs may have a choice in ...

How Female Frogs Fight Off the Mating Ball. 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.

Female frogs are faking their deaths to escape unwanted attention from male frogs, a study published in Royal Society Open Science found. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware.