Instead of kissing a leprechaun this St. Patrick’s Day, you could kiss the toad on a bottle of Natterjack Irish Whiskey. And, yes, there’s actually a metal sculpture of a toad affixed to the bottle of ...

Two years ago, graduate student and herpetologist Jill Fleming was collecting data on Eastern red-spotted newts in a Connecticut forest when she spotted something strange: a faceless toad. The adult ...

They may not turn into Prince Charming, but they can wipe out 10,000 pests in a gardening season. Sounds too good to be true?

Toad versus bombardier beetle is almost a fair fight. Toads are hugely bigger, can tongue-strike in an eyeblink and swallow all kinds of nasty stuff. But bombardier beetles can shoot hot steam and ...

In an unusual turn for an unassuming species, a desert amphibian is at the center of both a potential ecological crisis and an evolving question of drug policy. The creature in question is the ...