Australia imported cane toads in 1935 to save sugarcane, but the plan failed and became one of the country’s worst ecological ...

A new species of small toad has been discovered in the highlands of Guyana, Adhaerobufo wokomungensis, living in isolated ...

Forget the tadpoles - in Tanzania's mountain forests, three newly discovered toads enter the world ready to hop. A new study, published in Vertebrate Zoology, introduces toad species that give birth ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Brought in to address a problem, cane toads now represent ...

I’ve shared news of several species of extremely tiny frogs and toads, commonly known as flea-toads or toadlets (read more here and here). These tiny amphibians are remarkable because they are much ...

South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t care much for the beetles, but they did spread ...

Cane toads are predicted to invade Western Australia's Pilbara region by 2041 if left unchecked, but the Northern Territory's ...