In 1996 scientists discovered a new species of dwarf toad: the Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis). Although surviving on only two hectares near the Kihansi Gorge in Tanzania, the toads ...

CALIFORNIA, August 2, 2017 - Three California farm groups are taking a new tack in challenging Fish and Wildlife Service critical habitat designations for two frogs and a toad. Instead of claiming ...

Nevada researchers just identified the first new species of toad found anywhere in the U.S. in 50 years, and the race is already on to save it from extinction. Conservationists are preparing an ...

This article was originally featured on High Country News. The Wyoming toad, which evolved to live in a small slice of southeastern Wyoming, is one of the most endangered amphibians in North America.

Several years ago, David Spicer said his motivation for protecting habitat for the Amargosa toad was not only to keep the amphibian off the endangered species list but to do his part to keep the ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Environmentalists are warning that a planned geothermal energy plant in Northern Nevada could threaten the habitat of a rare toad. The future of a big-eyed, freckled creature known as ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized designation of 98,366 acres of critical habitat needed by the endangered arroyo toad to fulfill all of its complex life-cycle stages: flowing water, ...

A recent study shows that the Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle (Mesoclemmys dahli), a rare reptile found only in Colombia, is threatened with extinction due to alarmingly small and fragmented populations and ...

Bastrop County and Bastrop State Park are partnering to purchase land to help grow Houston toad populations. Bastrop State Park superintendent Jamie Creasy learned earlier this year that a 19-acre ...

A major challenge in amphibian ecotoxicology is understanding the population-level implications of laboratory-based, dose-response studies. We contrasted habitat occupancy among five species of frogs ...