Female frogs, however, are using the behavior to avoid a different kind of predator: aggressively clingy males looking to mate. A behavior observed in the European common female frog dubbed ...

One common behavior a female frog uses to reject a clingy male is to rotate her body on its axis. This shifts the male’s position so he is under the female, and consequently under water.

(See “New mating position adds to ‘frog kama sutra.'") Baby bonobos usually stick closely to mom, even when she's having an intimate moment. It’s not always lovers who are clingy; sometimes ...

For male Santa Marta harlequin toads, sex is an exercise in patience. The ping-pong-ball-size frogs, which are native to a mountainous strip in northern Colombia, spend most of their days milling ...