Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Citizen scientists listened to pairs of mating sounds from 16 different species, including male zebra finches, and selected ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds ...

It’s important to remember that we humans are simply animals. A very advanced species, but members of the animal kingdom nonetheless. We all need water, food, and shelter to survive, but we also share ...

Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints at a common aspect of perception that dates back hundreds of millions of years.

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Several times each summer, Iowans drive set routes at night and turn a discerning ear to the 16 unique frog and toad songs that can be heard across the state. The Iowa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An American bullfrog pokes its head out of the water. (Photo by Karsan Turner for Iowa Capital Dispatch) Several times each summer ...

Friends of the Rouge will teach volunteers on Saturday how to identify the sounds of eight local frog and toad species given that they're indicator of wetland health. The training session will take ...

Climate change could be remixing the beat at the pond. A new study from UC Davis researchers, who listened closely to a male frog’s mating call, found that warmer temperatures lead to a faster beat, ...

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A study from the University of California, Davis, found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs' mating calls. In the colder, early weeks of spring, their songs start off ...

Scientists once thought that a male frog dubbed Romeo was the last of his kind. Then, when more Sehuencas water frogs were discovered in 2018, they hoped he would mate with a female they called Juliet ...