These species belong to the genus Nectophrynoides, commonly known as "Tree Toads," which are unique among amphibians for ...

An international team of researchers has discovered three new, bizarre, and wart-covered species of tree toads from Tanzania ...

Scientists have discovered three new species of African tree toads that break one of biology’s best-known rules. Instead of ...

“These are truly live-bearing, so they give birth just like us,” herpetologist, evolutionary biologist, and study author Dr ...

Toad evolution Cane toads are shining light on a new process by which genetic traits evolve, say Australian researchers. They say it has "revolutionary" implications for our understanding of evolution ...

The color change, driven by hormones, seems aimed at preventing males from accidentally mating with each other.

A group of scientists from UNSW Sydney, the University of Sydney, Deakin University, Portugal and Brazil have unlocked the DNA of the cane toad, a poisonous amphibian that is a threat to many native ...

The lights are dimmed. Silhouettes feasting on the soft electric glow of the street lamps outside wait in fervent anticipation of a single note. They don’t ask for much, just a simple sign from their ...

Just as Galapagos finches are icons of evolution by natural selection, Australia's cane toads may someday be icons of "spatial sorting" -- a dynamic that seems to exist at the edges of invasion, ...

On an island off Australia’s north-central coast, researchers are conducting an unprecedented experiment: mixing endangered animals that have evolved genetic defences against their biggest foe with ...

The evolution of male breeding aggregations is difficult to explain because males may reduce their reproductive success by associating with their closest competitors. We examined aggregative behavior ...