Tree toads likely evolved to give live birth because they don't live near water. A frog’s lifecycle is likely one of the earliest bits of science that many of us remember learning. They start as eggs, ...

Most frogs lay eggs that hatch into tadpoles, but high in Tanzania’s misty mountain forests, a group of toads has abandoned this amphibian tradition entirely. Scientists have just described three new ...

Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just a few ...

July is a month of early harvest in the garden. Much of the produce; especially the greens, that have been growing through the long days of June can now be gathered. This is also seen with the berries ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — 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 ...

When rain falls and water is plentiful, the sex lives of plains spadefoot toads are pretty, well, plain. Females prowl ponds for the suitor with the most winsome call; they pair off to couple, ...

Live birth, or skipping the egg-laying and larva stage, is extremely rare in amphibians. Among more than 4,000 species of frogs and toads, fewer than 1% are viviparous, or bear live young. This ...