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Frogs Kick Back Against Lethal Fungus
Scientists are seeing signs of resistance to the infections that have been wiping out the world's amphibian populations - and ...
The male’s mating call, a two-note, high-pitched “co-qui,” gives the coqui frog its name. With no predators, the frogs from Puerto Rico can proliferate and eat large quantities of native ...
From a frog's perspective, this stress usually takes the form of an attack by a predator (or princess). The speed with which ...
But they also suggest it could be to attract a mate or call other frogs to attack the predator.
After coming under attack by the chytrid fungus, the frog's population took a further hit by the passage of Tropical Storm Erika in 2015 and Hurricane Maria two years later. "Our forests have ...