A Brazilian flea toad’s head is too tiny to bear its many crowns. Solé, of the Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz in Ilhéus, Brazil, and colleagues discovered the diminutive male amphibian among 46 ...

Researchers have newly described three extremely rare species of toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets.

Scientists investigating a single species of African toad found more than they bargained for: three species, all of which give birth to live young.

A Tennessee zoo’s amphibian section got more crowded when a critically endangered toad welcomed its 20 new babies. The Nashville Zoo announced in a Sept. 25 Facebook post that the zoo “successfully ...

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Rangers in northeastern Australia were astonished when they stumbled across what may be the largest toad on record, weighing in at nearly 6 pounds. Dubbed “Toadzilla” by the rangers, the 2.7-kilogram ...

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 ...