Q. Last year, you provided facts about salamanders. What can you tell us about frogs and toads? How are they different from other animals? What makes them special? A. Salamanders, although abundant in ...

The Surinam toad might be the weirdest animal ever. Picture “roadkill frog” and you’re on the right track. Not only is the toad unusually flat (to blend in with leaves on the pond floor), but it has ...

On warm, rainy, spring evenings, rangers close River Road in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in northeastern Pennsylvania from about 4 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. the next morning to protect ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Harlequin toads (Atelopus sp) have been decimated by the outbreak of chytridiomycosis, a deadly fungal disease, across Latin America. Between the ...

There are more than 4,000 species of frogs, including toads, in the world, and 10 of them are native to New Hampshire. Toads have a warty skin and frogs have a smooth, moist skin. You will not get ...

This is exactly how we introduce frogs to the younger students who come to amphibian-related field trips at Woodland Dunes. Frogs are probably one of the more widely known animals that live in a ...

Frogs and toads need water to breed — and this year, they had a lot of it. Months of springtime flooding created near-perfect breeding conditions along the Missouri River, causing a surge in frog and ...

Q. Last year you provided facts about salamanders. What can you tell us about frogs and toads? How are they different from other animals? What makes them special? A. Salamanders, although abundant in ...