Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Well-preserved skeleton of a frog from the Geiseltal region, in Germany. The frog likely died while mating in an ancient swamp.D.

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 ...

Purdue researchers are studying how "forever chemicals" affect the behaviors and survival of gray tree frog tadpoles.

When ice and snow begin to melt in California's high-elevation waters, male frogs hop into action. Emerging from hibernation, they head to lakes and ponds scattered throughout the area and begin ...

A fossilized frog that lived alongside the dinosaurs 100 million years ago has been discovered with a belly full of eggs — the oldest such frog ever found, scientists have announced. Researchers ...

The Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is well known for its ability to play dead when under threat from a predator. It's such an iconic scene that anyone or anything feigning death can be said ...

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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 ...