Female frogs aren't hopping to mate with every interested male frog, scientists have found. Instead, they are faking their deaths to escape unwanted attention. Female European common frogs were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.