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.

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 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 ...

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.

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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

Mating season for frogs can become aggressive — multiple male frogs will cling onto one female, causing distress and danger to the female frog. These scenarios can kill a female frog, but they ...

While "ghosting" is a popular method of ending a relationship with a potential suitor for humans, female frogs take that concept to the next level. Skip to content NOWCAST WPBF 25 News at 6 p.m ...

Mating season for frogs can become aggressive — multiple male frogs will cling onto one female, causing distress and danger to the female frog. These scenarios can kill a female frog, but they ...

Mating season for frogs can become aggressive — multiple male frogs will cling onto one female, causing distress and danger to the female frog. These scenarios can kill a female frog, but they ...