Large multi-year study shows that juvenile "taster toads" taught goannas to avoid eating poisonous cane toads, preventing population collapse A landmark study published in the journal Conservation ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Endangered western leopard toads have lost habitat to urban development in Cape Town, and crossing roads during breeding season adds another danger ...

Trout raised in hatcheries can pass a deadly fungus to amphibians, researchers have found. The discovery bolsters suspicion that stocking lakes for sportfishing could be contributing to a global ...

Western toads have begun to pop their heads above streams adjacent to the Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory in preparation for their great migration. Each year, thousands of toadlets emerge from ...

The WA Government, researchers, Traditional Owners and pastoralists have joined forces against the invasive, poisonous pest—the cane toad. Cane toads entered northeast Western Australia 15 years ago.

Our story started a few weeks ago at Irvine Regional Park with Vic’s bird class. We expected nighthawks, owls and poorwills, all birds that are active at night. What surprised us was hundreds of ...

The humble beaver, besides claiming a spot of honour on the Canadian nickel, is also helping fellow species survive. Though considered a pest because of the culvert-clogging dams it builds on streams, ...

The life cycle of the Western toad is both dramatic and highly entertaining. Ecologist Dede Olson has studied the mountain-dwelling Western toad her whole career. The surprisingly charismatic high ...

Near EATONVILLE, Wash. - When Northwest Trek purchased a small pond near its Eatonville wildlife park, they had no idea they would inherit an amazing, natural spectacle. Toads, tens of thousands of ...

A historic breeding pond used by the endangered Western Leopard Toad in Constantia has been fenced off and conservationists are warning of devastating consequences for the species. The recent fence ...

It may sing with a sultry croak, and tempt curious onlookers with its coat of glistening skin, known for secreting a psychedelic chemical. But officials at the National Park Service have a dire ...