The Puerto Rican coquí frog Eleutherodactylus coqui is both a cultural icon and a species
with an unusual natural history that has attracted attention from researchers in a number of …

Nocturnal frog species rely extensively on vocalization for reproduction. But recent studies
provide evidence for an important, though long overlooked, role of visual communication. In …

The evolution of parental care is beneficial if it facilitates offspring performance traits that are
ultimately tied to offspring fitness. While this may seem self‐evident, the benefits of parental …

Natural selection operates throughout the life cycle of an organism. Correlative studies
typically fail to consider the effects of viability selection prior to trait expression. A 3-year field …

Many animals improve offspring survival through parental care. Research on coevolution
between parents has provided key insight into the genesis and maintenance of biparental …

Personality is at the forefront of current behavioral ecological research. Most research
concerns boldness, aggressiveness, activity, exploratory tendency, and sociability. However …

Reports of postpartum parental care in squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) are rare and
generally anecdotal. We investigated parental care in black rock skinks, Egernia saxatilis …

Females across many taxa commonly use multiple or complex traits to choose mates.
However, the functional significance of multiple or complex signals remains controversial …

Males of the glass frog Hyalinobatrachium valerioi engage in diurnal and nocturnal
attendance of egg clutches. To study the effect of parental care on embryonic survivorship …

The arboreal frog, C hiromantis hansenae (F amily: R hacophoridae), is one of only a
handful of S outh‐E ast Asian amphibian species reported with parental care. We present …