Biologists have long thought that some frogs evolved to mate on land instead of in water to better guard eggs and tadpoles from predation. New research now suggests that mating on land in many species ...

A Brazilian study described in an article published in the journal Salamandra evidences the versatility of amphibians in terms of reproductive modes: their eggs and larvae can develop in at least 74 ...

Travel out of almost any of the major cities of Honshu on an overcast, rain-threatening evening, and head toward rice country. Ribbit, ribbit: The male Hokkaido brown frog mating. There, in the ...

In unshaded ponds, however, frogs put most of their eggs in the water. Although this frog is the first vertebrate discovered to show reproductive flexibility, Touchon and Warkentin emphasize that it ...

Researchers have identified two new species of tree frogs with jewel-colored eyes on the Island of Taiwan. The tadpoles of these frogs display a strange reproductive behavior: the tadpole embryos feed ...

It may be hard to imagine competing over who gets to kiss a frog, but when it comes to mating, a new study concludes that some frogs have moved out of the pond onto land to make it easier for the male ...