Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Brought in to address a problem, cane toads now represent ...

Cane toads reproduce like mad and take a toll on native animals. Rangers at Conway National Park in Queensland, Australia, discovered an absolute monster of a cane toad that was so big it earned the ...

File it under “I can’t believe this has to be said.” The US National Park Service dropped some humorous but still serious advice on Twitter this week concerning the Sonoran desert toad, which lives in ...

Today we discuss the biggest toad you’ve ever seen, the giant toad. The giant toad is also known as the cane toad in English. In Spanish, it’s sapo gigante or sapo de caña, which are exact ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — As monsoon weather (hopefully) continues to show its face in Tucson, you may see an increase in a particular desert dweller - the Colorado River Toad. The toad is most active in ...

The Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus {Bufo} cognatus) is one of nine species of “true” toads that occur in Texas. It can be observed throughout two main eco-regions in Texas; the first being the plains of ...

There are a lot of critters in Texas that folks down here have given interesting, if somewhat puzzling hybrid names. Yes, we have both toads and frogs but in spite of football traditions and other ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — 15 out of the 21 documented frog and toad species in the Volunteer State can be found in and around East Tennessee. While toad and frog classifications are often used ...

A federal parliamentary inquiry into stopping cane toads’ relentless march across Australia has proposed creating “waterless barriers” in the semi-arid land between Western Australia’s Kimberley and ...