SUMMIT COUNTY – Although federal biologists decided for now to keep boreal toads off the endangered species list, a recent amphibian conservation summit in Washington, D.C. ended with a slate of ...

Common toads, with their heavy-set bodies and short limbs, are regarded as typical terrestrial amphibians. “There is no shortage of papers on common toads; they are a very well-studied species,” says ...

Talk about toxic relationships. An invasive species of toad in Madagascar is even more dangerous to local wildlife than previously suspected — its poisonous slime is deadly to just about any local ...

The islands of Wallacea, which include parts of Indonesia, are home to many species that exist nowhere else in the world. The Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) has spread across the ...

Research Location: Madagascar Conservation Partner: Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group Max Berckmuelle, Major: Government, Minor: Data Science There is increasing concern that the spread of invasive ...

The Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), like other amphibians, will periodically shed the outermost layer of its skin, then consume it. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with ...

It can be observed throughout Texas in all but the eastern one-fourth of the state. It also occurs in most of the southwestern states, and as far south as the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. The habitats ...

According to new research, populations of the common toad (Bufo bufo), are declining at dangerous rates in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The common toad is no longer as common as it used to be.

DISCLAIMER: Please do not try to handle frogs or toads you find outside. Their skin is extremely delicate, and some species of both secrete poison. Be very cautious for your safety and for the ...

Bombardier beetles are known for their feisty response to predators. When confronted, the insects blast their adversary with a boiling-hot secretion of noxious chemicals. If they get swallowed anyway, ...