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 ...

The coqui frog has infested large swaths of the ... With no snakes, tarantulas or other natural predators to curb the population, the frogs proliferated, and state officials fear the little ...

These high densities likely arise because the frogs have escaped their natural predators and diseases, factors that regulate coqui numbers in Puerto Rico. For the Big Island’s endemic arthropod ...

During a typical night’s survey of his plots in Puerto Rico, six to eight coqui predators show up. “In our plots in Hawaii, we found none,” he says. In Hawaii, “I estimate that about 200 ...

When tourists bragged about silencing Puerto Rico's iconic coquí frogs, Bad Bunny subtly but powerfully stood up for the island’s culture, wildlife and people Todd ...

where coqui lack natural predators, populations can reach densities two to three times greater than what occurs in their native Puerto Rico. Then there’s their biology: “The main advantage ...

The infestation of coqui frogs, so named because of the distinctive ... off these cute-looking frogs because they have no natural predators in the island state, hence why their population has ...

“They have no natural predators here, so nothing keeps their ... recording and send it to officials if they think they hear a coqui. “We basically want people to see — or in this case ...