At the centre of the action is Martin Thompson, 71, who has a nickname affectionately used on patrol nights. "They call me ...

Two Asian common toad couples mating in Karnataka, India. The yellow toads pictured are male and the brown toads are female. Susanne Stückler As the first monsoon rains in India and southeast Asia ...

If the global decline of honeybees has taught us anything, it’s that even the most commonplace, ordinary species are vulnerable. Researchers working with the “Toads on Roads” project now report that ...

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 ...

The chytrid fungus—responsible for millions of amphibian deaths worldwide—is now believed to be behind a sudden decline in the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans), according to a new paper in ...

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 ...

At some point eight to 10 years ago, some toads stowed away on a ship in Asia, possibly Ho Chi Minh City, and hitched a ride to Madagascar. Those invaders, Asian common toads, have been slowly ...

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 ...