Neurergus kaiseri, also called Luristan newt, is listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. Paul Starosta via Getty Images Amphibians ...

When some toad toes tap, maybe it’s the beat, not the motion, that matters. The resulting vibrations could agitate insects and other little morsels, setting them wriggling and scuttling in a flurry of ...

Once considered a common western garden amphibian, the large, warty boreal toad has recently experienced dramatic population declines, suffering across its U.S. range from threats like habitat ...

Melissa Costales stood in the dark, listening to the sounds of insects chittering in the cloud forests of northern Ecuador. It was August 2019 and Costales, a conservation biologist at University of ...

Researchers at the University of B.C. say millions of amphibians and reptiles, including threatened species, are being moved ...

A colorful, toxic toad that was last seen 87 years ago—and never photographed—has been rediscovered in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Called the Sambas stream toad or Bornean rainbow toad, the elusive ...