In the chaotic phenomenon of explosive toad breeding, males' ability to rapidly change from brown to bright yellow acts as a ...

Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 54, No. 1 (January 2020), pp. 118-124 (7 pages) Genetic differentiation plays an integral role in species persistence. However, it remains challenging to quantify the ways ...

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 ...

Animal experts are attempting to identify the origin of a toad — found in a supermarket bag of salad. Graham Martin, from Berkshire Reptile Rescue, said he was asked to collect the animal on Monday by ...

The common toad is a rather rotund animal with short legs and an ungainly gait. It certainly doesn’t look like a good tree climber – yet citizen surveys suggest that common toads often climb trees to ...

Well this was toad-ally unexpected. A person in England purchased a pre-packaged salad from a local grocery story only to find a toad — a live toad — was hopping around within. UPI reports how, ...

Fears about the impact of invasive, poisonous toads in Madagascar appear to be justified, suggests new research. The amphibians are driving a spike in deaths of a native snake species. Asian common ...

A new study examines immune system diversity in the critically endangered Wyoming toad and finds that genetic bottlenecks could impact a species' ability to respond to new pathogens. The findings ...