A Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) male calls at Washington state's Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Cyril Ruoso, Nature Picture Library When ice and snow begin to melt in California's high ...
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 ...
Citizen scientists listened to pairs of mating sounds from 16 different species, including male zebra finches, and selected ...
It’s important to remember that we humans are simply animals. A very advanced species, but members of the animal kingdom ...
New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...
Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. Today's question comes from Andy, calling from Dover, New Hampshire. Alejandro Vélez: That is a ...
Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be something more biologically innate driving your acoustic choices: A new ...
A new study reports that city frogs sing more complex and attractive songs than their country cousins. Urban frogs can get away with producing more conspicuous mating calls, which are preferred by ...