The toxin that makes cane toads so poisonous is causing them to eat their younger kin, but only in Australia, where they became an out-of-control pest. By Annie Roth In Australia, poisonous cane toads ...

A remarkable discovery in the high forests of Mount Kenya has unveiled a new species of toad, known as the Kenyan volcano toad (Kenyaphrynoides vulcani). This finding is shedding light on the ...

A team of researchers has discovered new insights into the evolution of color patterns in frogs and toads -- collectively known as anurans. Animal color patterns can help them camouflage with their ...

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 ...

Cane toads have leapt ahead of evolution theories by growing bigger and changing more rapidly than expected, according to new research. The invasive species has bulged in size since being introduced ...

A new study comparing invasive cane toads in Japan and Australia has found substantial changes in body size and shape have developed much more rapidly than suggested by long-held ideas of the pace of ...

An international team of researchers has discovered three new species of fascinating tree-dwelling toads in Tanzania that skip the typical tadpole stage by giving birth to live toadlets. These species ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American One of my long-term goals at Tet Zoo has been ...

When the first cane toads were brought from South America to Queensland in 1935, many of the parasites that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the lungs of at least one of those pioneer ...

A team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has discovered new insights into the evolution of color patterns in frogs and toads—collectively known as anurans. Animal color patterns can help them ...