Nearly 400 toads have been stopped from crossing a Cornwall road as they migrate to breeding ponds.
3,000 amphibians are hoped to reach their breeding grounds ...
Volunteers from the Charlcombe Toad Rescue Group will go out on patrol each night from 9 February until 29 March to help common toads, common frogs and newts get to their breeding grounds.
SUMMIT COUNTY – Although federal biologists decided for now to keep boreal toads off the endangered species list, a recent amphibian conservation summit in Washington, D.C. ended with a slate of ...
The remarkable number of toads being helped across Britain’s roads – and why - Two million toads have been helped across British roads since Froglife started collecting records in 1974 ...
Two Asian common toad couples mating in Karnataka, India. The yellow toads pictured are male and the brown toads are female. Susanne Stückler As the first monsoon rains in India and southeast Asia ...
If the global decline of honeybees has taught us anything, it’s that even the most commonplace, ordinary species are vulnerable. Researchers working with the “Toads on Roads” project now report that ...
The chytrid fungus—responsible for millions of amphibian deaths worldwide—is now believed to be behind a sudden decline in the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans), according to a new paper in ...
Common toads, with their heavy-set bodies and short limbs, are regarded as typical terrestrial amphibians. “There is no shortage of papers on common toads; they are a very well-studied species,” says ...
The islands of Wallacea, which include parts of Indonesia, are home to many species that exist nowhere else in the world. The Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) has spread across the ...