While "ghosting" is a popular method of ending a relationship with a potential suitor for humans, female frogs take that concept to the next level.In a phenomenon dubbed "tonic immobility," a recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The female gray foam-nest tree frog increases her odds of reproducing by mating with multiple males and bubble-wrapping her ...

(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 ...