To source their food, some predators eavesdrop on calls emitted by prey. Fringe-lipped bats, which range from Panama to Brazil, are some of the most skilled eavesdroppers in the world. They are ...

During Panama’s wet season, forests boom with a chorus of túngara frog mating calls as males compete for females’ attention.But these calls put the frogs in a precarious position between sex and death ...

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Summer is my favorite season, and the past few weekends have included seeing and hearing various frogs and toads. Earlier this month I had the opportunity ...

Steve McQuilkin of The Fort Myers News-Press captured this sound of the invasive, toxic cane toads in his Cape Coral neighborhood. C. A. Bridges Fort Myers Florida animals available for adoption Trial ...

Seven species of frogs and one toad make the Northland their home. Each lays its eggs in water. Some stay in the water, others go off to live on land for the rest of the year. All give calls and songs ...

Friends of the Rouge seeks volunteers for its annual survey to monitor the health of wetlands in the Rouge River watershed. Volunteers will be trained to identify frog and toad calls, as these ...

A wireless system that listens for croaking cane toads then transmits the sounds back to the laboratory is being developed by Australian researchers. Their wireless communication technology, once ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG)— Volunteers are out in full force this spring, but some of their work may look a little odd. People volunteering for the Department of Natural Resources Frog and Toad call ...

A fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, approaches a Fitzinger's robber frog, Craugastor fitzingeri, in Panama. This species of bat eavesdrops on the mating calls that male frogs produce to attract ...