Common frogs are 'explosive' breeders, meaning they have a very short breeding season taking place between a few days and two weeks. Speaking to MailOnline, Dr Carolin Dittrich, lead author of the ...

Female European common frogs were observed engaging in "tonic immobility," essentially feigning their own death to avoid mating, according to a study published Wednesday in Royal Society Open Science.

Some female frogs in Europe are taking ghosting to a whole new level. A new study conducted by researchers at Berlin's Natural History Museum has found that female European common frogs often ...

SCIENTISTS have made a bizarre discovery about the sex lives of European common frogs. According to new research, females from the species Rana temporaria have a tactic they use to avoid matin… ...

Of the 54 female frogs that were embraced by a male as part of the mating process, 83 per cent rotated away, making it the most common escape tactic. Many used more than one technique.

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.

European common frogs (Rana temporaria) are "explosive breeders" with males sometimes creating a mating ball with several males all attempting to mount one female. (Image credit: Anne Coatesy ...