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 ...

An aquatic parasitic fungus causes lethal infections in amphibians and is thought to be one of the reasons for a global decline in toad and frog populations. A new study by researchers from Uppsala ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 107, No. 18 (May 4, 2010), pp. 8292-8297 (6 pages) Phenotypic differences between populations often correlate with ...

Climate change has already increased the spread and severity of a fatal disease caused by Ranavirus that infects common frogs (Rana temporaria) in the United Kingdom, according to new research.

Frogs from groups exposed to a deadly virus are breeding at younger ages, new research suggests. Frogs from groups exposed to a deadly virus are breeding at younger ages, new research suggests.

The "tonic immobility" behavior was observed in European common frogs. Female frogs aren't hopping to mate with every interested male frog, scientists have found. Instead, they are faking their deaths ...