As I wandered around a beaver pond one day in mid-September, I noticed something small and dark moving slowly through the grass and weeds. It was a toadlet, just recently transformed from a tadpole.

Researchers have newly described three extremely rare species of toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets.

Three newly-identified toad species in Tanzania give birth to live young, skipping the frogspawn and tadpole stages — an "exceptionally rare" trait among toads and frogs.

Scientists have discovered three rare frog species in Tanzania that give birth to live young - skipping the tadpole stage entirely.

Three new toad species discovered in a mountain range in Tanzania have a super rare reproduction method and give birth to ...

Mirror photo by Rachel Foor / AAron Capouellez created the citizen science project Frog Week to increase interest in conservation efforts for pickerel frogs, gray tree frogs and wood frogs, among ...

The toxic cane toad may be big and warty, but the eggs it lays in delicate, translucent strings resemble a strand of ...

Many tadpoles ward off predators with potent poisons — but those toxins also seem to help win battles with their own kind, a new study finds. Many noxious plant species are known to modulate their ...

Tall, sweet and goggle-eyed. Short, grumpy and warty. Frog and Toad -- opposites, to be sure, but fast friends forever, with a brotherly bond as cozy and uncomplicated as hot chocolate and fresh-baked ...