Anthropogenic sensory pollution is affecting ecosystems worldwide. Human actions
generate acoustic noise, emanate artificial light and emit chemical substances. All of these …

As a species-typical trait of Homo sapiens, musicality represents a cognitively complex and
biologically grounded capacity worthy of intensive empirical investigation. Four principles …

Though it has long been known that animal communication is complex, recent years have
seen growing interest in understanding the extent to which animals give multicomponent …

Courtship displays are behaviours aimed to facilitate attraction and mating with the opposite
sex and are very common across the animal kingdom. Most courtship displays are …

Animal displays are often perceived by intended and unintended receivers in more than one
sensory system. In addition, cues that are an incidental consequence of signal production …

Anthropogenic noise is widespread in nature and has been shown to produce a plethora of
impacts on wildlife. Sounds play a fundamental role in the lives of amphibians, with species …

Undeniably, acoustic signals are the predominant mode of communication in frogs and
toads. Acoustically active species are found throughout the vast diversity of anuran families …

Highlights•Our view of anuran communication has changed drastically during the last few
decades.•Anurans use diverse communication strategies often directly related to the vocal …

Zhao et al. recently reported results which, they claim, suggest that sexual selection
produces the multimodal displays seen in little torrent frogs (Amolops torrentis) by co-opting …

In this study, we investigate species level diversity in the monotypic frog family Micrixalidae,
which is endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Attempting the first near …