Most gardeners reach for a spray bottle the moment they spot aphids or slugs. It’s instinctive. What’s less instinctive is ...

Scientists recently took to Twitter to puzzle over an unusual sight captured by a biologist in photos and video: a toad that had no face. The toad, a fully grown adult, had a healthy-looking body and ...

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 ...

The sighting of a toad near a home often happens suddenly, catching people off guard. While some may view it through a superstitious lens, others see it as nothing unusual. In reality, a toad’s ...

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 ...

For a recent article on the Sonoran desert toad and its psychedelic secretions, a photographer attended a spiritual ceremony to witness the drug’s effect. By Terence McGinley The participants smoked, ...

Imagine waking up one morning to find that one of your favorite Nintendo characters — say, Toad — is being discussed at length on social media. That would be a pretty good morning! It’s the sort of ...