When the first cane toads were brought from South America to Queensland in 1935, many of the parasites that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the lungs of at least one of those pioneer ...

The Colorado River toad is known for its psychedelic properties, but could it be hiding a major medicinal secret? (Picture: Getty Images) A hallucinogenic toad’s venom could be a new form of ...

Every summer, thousands of fingernail-sized Western toads cover a rural road in the community of Ryder Lake in Chilliwack, British Columbia. When the toadlets migrate from their breeding ground in the ...

Rangers in northeastern Australia were astonished when they stumbled across what may be the largest toad on record, weighing in at nearly 6 pounds. Dubbed “Toadzilla” by the rangers, the 2.7-kilogram ...

Highly intelligent, semi-aquatic rodents in Australia have figured out how to precisely cut open the toxic bodies of an invasive species in order to partially eat them, researchers have found.

An Ipswich man has found a five-legged toad in his yard The extra limb doesn't work Professor Rick Shine says accident or injury to the embryo during development is the usual cause of the phenomenon ...

Why did the toad cross the road? To get to the other side of course. But it's no joke as a road in Somerset will have to close for six weeks to help over 3,000 amphibians cross the road. The ...