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Male frogs often mistake other species, objects, and even lifeless frogs for mates, a mix-up known as misdirected amplexus. Learn why this mating mistake could be millions of years old. A shoe, a ...

Pair of Red-eyed Leaf Frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) mating (amplexus) (Picture: Getty/iStockphoto) Male frogs often try to mate with different species, turtles, fish or dead partners – and may have ...

Gurgaon: Inside a small campus pond in Delhi, a male Indian bullfrog tried to mate with an Asian common toad. What looks like a wildlife blooper is actually a scientific first for India. The first ...

The article dissected the distinctions between toads and frogs, highlighting their taxonomic differences, physical traits, and natural habitats. Toads were noted for their warty skin and terrestrial ...

Mating frogs may have been occasionally getting it wrong for hundreds of millions of years. We know that males today will sometimes select an inappropriate partner during the breeding season – a frog ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

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 ...

Q. Last year, you provided facts about salamanders. What can you tell us about frogs and toads? How are they different from other animals? What makes them special? A. Salamanders, although abundant in ...

When rain falls and water is plentiful, the sex lives of plains spadefoot toads are pretty, well, plain. Females prowl ponds for the suitor with the most winsome call; they pair off to couple, ...