As a general rule of thumb, most of the world’s wild animals keep their instinctual mating practices within their own species bubble. But if you’re a female plains spadefoot toad, then you just might ...

Despite this, Gloucestershire is a busy county for toads. Every year, volunteers for the Gloucestershire Toads on Roads ...

Toads will choose to mate with a different species if it gives their progeny a better chance of survival, showing for the first time how females from one species can apply sexual selection pressure on ...

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 ...

A species of endangered toad endemic to Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains is clinging on for dear life. The tiny Santa Marta harlequin toad (Atelopus laetissimus), which is just 4 ...