They used to be classified in the same family as what we call tree frogs, like the Grey Treefrog (another great noisy animal) in genus Hyla, but have been recently reclassified to the genus Pseudacris ...
When the time is right, a good love song can make all the difference. A study from UC Davis found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs’ mating calls. In the colder, early weeks ...
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 ...
Male green treefrogs attract mates with loud calls, but new research shows parasites can subtly change those signals.
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 ...
If you’re out on a walk in early spring and you happen to hear clucking, don’t start looking around for barnyard birds. The wood frog is one of the first frog species to emerge in late winter in the ...
On April 12, 2025, @nczoo shared a video from North Carolina, United States, featuring the sounds of a frog known as the spring peeper. In the caption, they noted that the frog's loud “peep” is a ...
Male Sierran chorus frogs change their breeding calls depending on the temperature, a UC Davis study found. (BenderPhoto, Getty Images) When the time is right, a good love song can make all the ...