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The golden toad, native to Costa Rica, has not been officially seen in over 36 years. A 2022 IPCC report named climate change a key driver in the golden toad's extinction. Researchers debated whether ...

Toads are not generally considered appealing creatures. They look unattractive, make odd noises, move awkwardly, and are steeped in folklore involving the devil and witchcraft. In short, toads tend to ...

In early 2025, global superstar Bad Bunny did something no one saw coming. He turned the little-known, critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad (sapo concho) into an international icon. The ...

Edge AI is a form of artificial intelligence that in part runs on local hardware rather than in a central data center or on cloud servers. It’s part of the broader paradigm of edge computing, in which ...

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 few ...

Three newly-identified toad species in Tanzania give birth to live young, skipping the frogspawn and tadpole stages — an "exceptionally rare" trait among toads and frogs. When you purchase through ...

Microsoft is introducing a new scareware sensor for the Microsoft Edge web browser, which helps detect scam pages more quickly and ensures that Defender SmartScreen blocks them faster. In scareware ...

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The toad emerges during the monsoon season because it needs water to reproduce. The Sonoran Desert toad, found in Arizona, has psychedelic properties. In this week's podcast of Valley 101, we If ...

There's some truth to the urban legend that certain toads have psychedelic properties, but licking them isn't a good idea. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

People cosplaying as frogs are emerging as the new faces of resistance to ICE. It’s a quirky tactic that threatens to undermine the seriousness of their message, but one that gives the leftists of ...