A study using albino cane toads with edited genes challenges the belief that albino wildlife is rare because it’s more ...

Three newly-identified toad species in Tanzania give birth to live young, skipping the frogspawn and tadpole stages — an ...

Scientists have discovered three live-bearing toad species in Tanzania that skip the tadpole stage and gave birth to fully ...

Scientists investigating a single species of African toad found more than they bargained for: three species, all of which give birth to live young.

These species belong to the genus Nectophrynoides, commonly known as "Tree Toads," which are unique among amphibians for ...

An international team of researchers have identified three new species of enchanting, pustular, tree-dwelling toads from Africa. Their solution for having offspring away from water? Skipping the ...

Nectophrynoides comprise only about one percent of all frogs and toads, but that number is officially increasing. In a study published in the journal Vertebrate Zoology, biologists describe an ...

An international team of researchers has discovered three new, bizarre, and wart-covered species of tree toads from Tanzania that give birth to fully developed toadlets. A key element of the study was ...

“These are truly live-bearing, so they give birth just like us,” herpetologist, evolutionary biologist, and study author Dr ...

The eyes of frogs and toads (Anura) are among their most fascinating features. Although several pupil shapes have been described, the diversity, evolution, and functional role of the pupil in anurans ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Kyoto, Japan -- In 1978, cane toads, which are native to South and Central America, were introduced for pest control to Ishigaki island in Okinawa prefecture in Japan. These poisonous toads secrete ...