To find her mate amidst a cacophony of frog croaks, groans, squeaks and trills, a female green tree frog just needs to take a deep breath. “We think the lungs are working a bit like some ...
A number of hearing aids are now able to amplify one person's voice while filtering out distracting background voices. Well, it turns out that female tree frogs are able to perform a similar task, in ...
Female American green tree frogs use their inflated lungs to dampen the mating calls of other species so they can pick out the ones from males they may mate with. Male frogs use mating calls, ranging ...
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New frog species chirp like trippy ‘Star Trek’ sound effects — so they got names that fans will love
Deep in the rainforests of Madagascar, scientists have discovered seven new tree frog species that emit noises that researchers said sound closest to some iconic and high-pitched effects from “Star ...
Drawing parallels with other species, not naming names, the voices of female frogs are being drowned out by their much louder male counterparts – so much so we only know how 1.4% of the ladies ...
Before frat parties, there were frog ponds. Literal breeding grounds for some of the world’s noisiest bachelors, these lusty pools are where amphibians gather to woo mates. And as any frog researcher ...
For us humans, having a conversation in a crowded room is challenging – it’s often called the cocktail party problem. The mix of sounds arriving at our eardrums needs to be analysed to pick out the ...
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