A new study in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry takes a harder look at the effects a common anti-inflammatory medication and its degradation products have on amphibians. There have been many ...

When naproxen breaks down, toads croak Date: August 12, 2019 Source: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Summary: A new study takes a harder look at the effects a common ...

The American toad is one of the most well-known toad species throughout North America. Its notable warts and big, round eyes differentiate it from other species, but its call is also unique. You might ...

The Sonoran Desert Toad, with glands secreting a venom rich in the hallucinogens 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin, is invading Arizona now that monsoon conditions have kicked in for the late summer. They can ...

After getting a few comments perhaps suggesting I might be writing too much on birds, I am switching gears this week to another vertebrate, although these are cold-blooded. While I have a special ...

Male frogs often force females to mate with them, but in one species, a croak from the female seems to persuade males to leave her alone. The sound may be an “honest” signal that she isn’t fertile and ...

BASTROP — Sunlight pierces the clear water of a pond deep in the heart of Bastrop State Park. On a warm day at the end of March, a couple hundred two-week-old Houston toads, still in the tadpole stage ...

GREENWICH — When Diana Klingner heard whirring and croaking, she knew the toads in her neighborhood had come out to mate in their favorite pond: a fountain in her Riverside neighborhood. But soon ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...