BERLIN - Some female frogs may fake their own deaths in an effort to avoid unwanted male advances during mating season, according to researchers behind a newly-published study. Female European common ...

Female frogs have developed several ingenious and sneaky tactics to get away from unwanted males attempting to mate with them, one of which includes faking their own deaths. These European common ...

Grab fast and hang on for hours. A fierce grip is all the courtship finesse a male frog needs in species that reproduce in frenzied mobs. Female European common frogs, however, have at least three ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Avoiding eye contact or wearing a fake wedding ring may be common tactics in avoiding unwanted attention by the opposite sex for humans, but other creatures make more dramatic ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — While “ghosting” is common in getting out of an unwanted relationship for people, female frogs will fake their own death in order to avoid mating advances from male frogs, ...