The Colorado River toad, a species native to Arizona’s Sonoran Desert and parts of northwest Mexico, has gained fame for its production of a toxin with psychoactive properties—and, some say ...

A new study claims that the toxins from toads could serve as a helpful treatment for various mental health conditions. The study was conducted on a species of toad called the Colorado River toad ...

Wolfgang Wüster, a coauthor on the paper, cautions in a statement, “predators that frequently feed on toads and do not rapidly learn or evolve to avoid them are likely to become much rarer or possibly ...

Oriental fire-bellied toads secrete toxins from their skin, and they want potential predators to know it. When threatened, they rise up on their front legs and arch their back, sometimes even ...

Cane toads — sizable, toxic amphibians from Central and South America that have been introduced to Hawaii and Australia — can find their way home across long distances. To investigate their ...