Ecuador’s constitution guarantees species existential rights—but what happens when those rights are pitted against human ...

For nearly two centuries, scientists have puzzled over how the Surinam toad manages to be such a deft and fierce hunter ...

UCLA biologists have found the hiding place of a silent killer stalking threatened Yosemite toads: their own burrows. The Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) fungus decimating amphibian populations ...

During February and March, volunteers head out after dark with buckets and florescent jackets to stand on roads across the UK. These are the toad patrols, and they help an amphibian with love on its ...

Paul Kammerer was one of the premier biologists of his generation. But his ideas made him some enemies.

Elemental creatures of darkness, toads have always been linked to the supernatural. Stone-like themselves, they were thought capable of surviving within solid rock. Even today, every encyclopedia of ...

Imagine waking up one morning to find that one of your favorite Nintendo characters — say, Toad — is being discussed at length on social media. That would be a pretty good morning! It’s the sort of ...

Park rangers in northern Australia found a cane toad so giant that it provoked gasps and disbelief. The toad, which the rangers nicknamed "Toadzilla," weighed in at what's believed to be a ...