Amphibians, ie salamanders, frogs and caecilians show a wide range of bright colours in
combination with contrasting patterns. There is variation among species, populations and …

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 …

Marine ecosystems are suffering severe depletion of apex predators worldwide [1–4]; shark
declines are principally due to conservative life-histories and fisheries overexploitation [5–8] …

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 …

A long-standing interest in animal behaviour has been to understand chains of stimulus
response. One approach to understanding the links between stimulus and response has …

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 …

Multimodal signals (acoustic+ visual) are known to be used by many anuran amphibians
during courtship displays. The relative degree to which each signal component influences …

Although variation in the color of light in terrestrial diurnal and twilight environments has
been well documented, relatively little work has examined the color of light in nocturnal …

Nocturnality is widespread among extant mammals and often considered the ancestral
behavioural pattern for all mammals. However, mammals are nested within a larger clade …

Some crepuscular and nocturnal animals are brightly marked yet the adaptive significance
of their colorful patterns in low light, as found at twilight and night, is poorly understood. This …