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 ...

In hopes that they could control destructive cane beetles, people introduced cane toads to Australia in 1935. Instead, the amphibian's population exploded, and today, cane toads number roughly 200 ...

CREEDE, Colo. — The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance (DZCA) and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) have released more than 2,200 boreal toad tadpoles into the wetlands near Creede. In 2021, DZCA and ...

A Vancouver Island man's film about western toad tadpoles that's been four years in the making captures footage he says is the first of its kind. Comox Valley-based Maxwel Hohn worked with writer and ...

Our teachers explain what amphibians are and Barry struggles to stay dry! It's a rainy day at Central Elementary, and Eddie finds some unusual creatures in the water. Our teachers explain what ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens is celebrating a record-breaking year in its mission to save a critically endangered toad. This year, the zoo flew 24,485 Puerto Rican crested toad tadpoles ...

Following 59,228 entries from 117 countries and territories, the winners of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year have been announced. An image of swarming tadpoles took the ...

Australian scientists are turning the tables on one of the country’s most notorious invaders – the cane toad – by using the species’ own worst tendencies against it. In a move that sounds like the ...

Scientists in Australia have genetically modified invasive cane toad eggs to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that never grow up—they don’t ever metamorphose into adults. Cane toad tadpoles already have an ...

A pair of Puerto Rico's Crested Toads photographed at Lansing's Potter Park Zoo. Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo is helping a species of rare amphibians make a comeback in their native home in the Caribbean ...