Someone in northwestern Australia heard a “laughing” sound coming from the backyard. They recorded the sound and submitted it to a citizen science database. Scientists listened to this laugh-like ...

Researchers in Australia are launching a nation-wide frog count, using a smartphone app that can identify different species of frog by recording the sound of their croaks and ribbits. FrogID has been ...

SYDNEY—Australian scientists hoped a new app would allow anyone with a smartphone to record frog calls, revealing new insights about the roughly 240 native frog species on this landmass the size of ...

Climate change has become the secret wingman to male frogs, as experts discover a noticeable shift in their mating calls. Around 41 per cent of amphibian species are threatened with extinction, ...

Life in Australia is defined by iconic sounds, like the chortle of the magpie in the evening, the laugh of the kookaburra and ...