Tree toads likely evolved to give live birth because they don't live near water. A frog’s lifecycle is likely one of the earliest bits of science that many of us remember learning. They start as eggs, ...

South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t care much for the beetles, but they did spread ...

Scientists have knocked out genes that trigger cane toad tadpoles to turn into active toads, turning them into "Peter Pan"-like perpetual adolescents. The work provides a way to slow or halt the ...

CREEDE, Colo. — The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance (DZCA) and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) have released more than 2,200 boreal toad tadpoles into the wetlands near Creede. In 2021, DZCA and ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens is doing its part to help prevent a critically endangered amphibian from going extinct. The Puerto Rican crested toad is only found in Puerto Rico, where ...

(WJW) – Scientists have newly identified three tree toad species that do something extremely rare. The three varieties of tree toad from Tanzania leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females ...

(CNN) — Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just ...

A consortium of zoos has been working to hatch and release endangered Puerto Rican crested toads, with the Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens announcing the recent release of over 24,000 tadpoles.

The community is being asked to collect, euthanise and hand in the destructive pests as part of the annual Great Cane Toad ...

(CNN) — Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring ...