Brookfield Zoo Chicago raised more than 12,000 Puerto Rican crested toad tadpoles for conservation release support. The ...

Once considered a common western garden amphibian, the large, warty boreal toad has recently experienced dramatic population declines, suffering across its U.S. range from threats like habitat ...

Unlike most frogs and toads, Amargosa toads never make a sound unless they're chirping their “release call” when grasped below their forelimbs. These occupants of southern Nevada's Oasis Valley, a ...

Sonoran Desert toads use a fascinating defense mechanism against predators—hallucinogenic toxins. But nature has found a way around it. Amphibians are remarkably resilient creatures. In the 300 ...

When some toad toes tap, maybe it’s the beat, not the motion, that matters. The resulting vibrations could agitate insects and other little morsels, setting them wriggling and scuttling in a flurry of ...

Join the citizen science movement at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, where volunteers listen for frogs and toads to help ...

Wildlife Conservation Society works to save species. MAY 2005: The number “52” is written on a white board and boxed with black pen like the long-sought solution to a math problem. The concern is this ...

When it comes to pointing out the differences between frogs and toads, the amphibians' famed representation in "Sesame Street" and "Wind in the Willows" is about as far as most people's knowledge goes ...