The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking protections under the Endangered Species Act for two animals threatened with extinction by gold mining in ...

American coots can be identified by their black, chicken-shaped bodies and ghostly white beaks that droop slightly.

The common myna is sometimes referred to as "Australia's most hated bird." Originally from South and Central Asia, the ...

A Cerrado population of Melanophryniscus fulvoguttatus ate predominantly ants, showed significant sexual size dimorphism and ...

Climate change may be making things worse for boreal toads that are facing many other challenges in the Southern Rocky ...

Learn about the cane toad, its lethal defense strategy, and why it is so detrimental to the environments it invades.

A Tanzanian dam cut a waterfalls flow by 90%, threatening a toad that lived on five acres. Sprinklers, a 499-toad zoo rescue ...

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The toad is one of the world’s most destructive invasive species, after being introduced to countries as a biological control.

Among North America’s many forest-dwelling creatures, porcupines are one of the most easily recognizable. Still, there are plenty of surprises to discover about these prickly creatures: 1. A porcupine ...

A deadly fungus known as Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is devastating amphibian populations around the world. Now, biologists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) believe one of ...

A toad’s winter refuge could be a biohazard. Some young Yosemite toads emerge from their first winter underground infected with the deadly chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd, ...