The volunteers are helping migrating toads to cross a road during breeding season.

The Truth Behind the Psychedelic Toad Craze and Why Scientists Warn Against Licking One (Image: Canva) A US National Park Service post reignited myths about psychedelic toads, focusing attention on ...

Deep into the Panamanian night, the forest hums with sound. Chirping insects form a steady backdrop, rain softly trickles from leaves. Somewhere above a stream, frogs call into the darkness. But I am ...

A tour guide company that organized the trip for a large group of backcountry skiers that went missing after an avalanche ...

The story of how nine skiers were killed, and six survived, in the deadliest avalanche in modern California history.

A snowmobiler out with four friends was killed in an avalanche on Jan. 6 in the same region as Tuesday's event. Chris Scott ...

The tiny charismatic frog is just one of thousands. Not long ago, herpetologist and lifelong frog collector Devin Edmonds spent hours with colleagues scouring nearly 8,500 listings such as these on ...

An avalanche hit guided skiers near Castle Peak in Northern California, leaving nine people missing.

In February 2025, backcountry skier Frederic Dross was killed in an avalanche south of Lake Tahoe. Just over a year earlier, ...

Number of skiers missing in avalanche at Castle Peak near Lake Tahoe revised to nine; rescue efforts continue.

Why did they venture out in the storm? And how did so many people die?

Once the realm of dedicated ski bums, backcountry skiing grew alongside ticket prices and lift lines, with popularity exploding in the pandemic.