MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- South Florida's recent heavy rain sets the perfect mood for giant toxic toads to breed. They're called Cane toads, or Bufo toads, and the invasive species can be deadly for cats ...

Colorado wildlife officials are celebrating some long-awaited good news – the mountain toads are making tadpoles. For seven years, biologists have been toting tadpoles to high-elevation bogs and ponds ...

RICHMOND — The eastern spadefoot toad has brilliant feline eyes, a comical honking call and, as its name suggests, shovel-like protrusions on its hind legs that it uses to expertly burrow into the ...

Tucked inside a laboratory behind a nondescript door next to the giant panda exhibit, researchers at the Memphis Zoo have been studying the smooth-sided toad’s reproduction abilities and have found ...

Monsoon rains not only cool the air and bathe the desert. They also set the stage for a loud and lusty burst of amphibian amour. Several species of desert toads - quietly tucked away underground for ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City Zoo is now a breeding ground for 19 endangered Wyoming toads. The toads arrived in Kansas City last week. The survival of the critically endangered species ...

The eastern boreal toad population in the high elevations of Colorado and other Rocky Mountain states may be in decline, but it will not be granted protected status under the national Endangered ...

BRECKENRIDGE – It’s midnight. My eyeballs are tired and there’s a spongy layer of muck oozing around the bottom of my boots. After spending most of the afternoon and a good part of the night intently ...

The bufo toads pose a particular risk to dogs. Toxic toads are returning to South Florida in growing numbers as the region falls back into its warm, rainy summer season, experts say, and they want ...