Grab fast and hang on for hours. A fierce grip is all the courtship finesse a male frog needs in species that reproduce in frenzied mobs. Female European common frogs, however, have at least three ...

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 ...

Female frogs aren't hopping to mate with every interested male frog, scientists have found. Instead, they are faking their deaths to escape unwanted attention. Female European common frogs were ...

When you think of an animal playing dead, especially in North America, you probably picture the Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), commonly known in the region simply as a possum. It’s such an ...

BERLIN - Some female frogs may fake their own deaths in an effort to avoid unwanted male advances during mating season, according to researchers behind a newly-published study. Female European common ...

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 ...

Ever felt the impulse to ghost that person who keeps hitting on you and just can't take a hint? - you know, just never talk to them again, just disappear. Frogs have taken that strategy to a new level ...

Next time you spot a frog that appears to be dead, it could just be the female amphibian trying to escape male attention, scientists have discovered. Research has shown that female European common ...

(Gray News) - Researchers say some female frogs may fake their own deaths to avoid unwanted male advances. According to a study published in the Royal Society, researchers found that some female ...