City mouse and country mouse aren’t just characters from stories—cities are unique ecosystems built by humans, and animals adapt when they move into urban areas. Researchers recently compared the ...
Why do predators and parasites eavesdropping on mating signals of their prey preferentially attack individuals producing certain types of call? Predators could use information encoded in calls to ...
Frogs are known for producing a wide range of sounds, and they certainly aren't shy about piping up to win mates or warn intruders off their territory. But some types of frogs have a broader ...
In Túngara Frogs, Female Choice For Complex Calls Led To Evolution Of Unusual Male Vocal Cord
Male tropical túngara frogs have evolved masses on their vocal cords that help them woo females with complex calls, show scientists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in ...
Sometimes things are not as they seem in the animal kingdom. While there are many species that employ a method of mimicry to give them the appearance of another species – usually a harmless creature ...
Male frogs that live in cities make more complex mating calls than their forest-dwelling cousins, and that makes them much more attractive to female frogs. As animals move into urban environments, ...
Drewry, George E., Heyer, W. Ronald, and Rand, Austin Stanley. 1982. "A functional analysis of the complex call of the frog Physalaemus pustulosus." Copeia, (3) 636 ...
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