As a nature photographer for many years, I’ve become aware of certain subjects outdoor shutterbugs cannot resist. One is a toad and its tongue. Is it the stickiness they find so appealing? Or the ...

The deceptively simple, remarkably fast feeding action of toads and chameleons offers a new look at how muscles work. This fresh perspective could lead to designing more efficient electric motors, ...

Toad versus bombardier beetle is almost a fair fight. Toads are hugely bigger, can tongue-strike in an eyeblink and swallow all kinds of nasty stuff. But bombardier beetles can shoot hot steam and ...

Cane toads will reach Broome in the next couple of years. Creating a waterless “containment zone” is the only way to stop them pillaging the Pilbara.

Two years ago, graduate student and herpetologist Jill Fleming was collecting data on Eastern red-spotted newts in a Connecticut forest when she spotted something strange: a faceless toad. The adult ...

A toad sits at a pond's edge eyeing a cricket on a blade of grass. In the blink of an eye, the toad snares the insect with its tongue. This deceptively simple, remarkably fast feeding action offers a ...