A hallucinogenic compound secreted by toads has served as a springboard for research into the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. The findings suggest that these compounds exert antidepressant ...

This is clearly good news for the humble Sonoran Desert toad, which may one day be able to go about its business without the risk of some bug-eyed enthusiast trying to pick it up and give it a lick.

Psychedelic toad secretions and celebrity reports of psychological recovery from use intrigued researchers, who developed a ...

The substances have been used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years, but they've recently become popular as possible ...

Researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science report engineering a single tobacco plant to produce five tryptophan-derived compounds, including the psychedelics psilocybin and DMT. The work, ...

Scientists have mapped the structure of a psychedelic drug derived from the Colorado River toad, which seems to have antidepressant effects. Reading time 3 minutes A potential depression treatment ...

Toad venom (Chansu), first documented in the "Yaoxing Lun" (Treatise on the Properties of Medicines), is a treasured traditional Chinese medicinal material. The "Bencao Gangmu" (Compendium of Materia ...

From the psilocybin in magic mushrooms to dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in toads to the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana, a ...

Colorado River toads loved to swim in my pool and lay their eggs in the skimmer. Neighborhood dogs like to lick the backs of these toads; some of the smaller dogs did not survive the experience. These ...

Hallucinogenic compounds that activate multiple receptors, found in Colorado River toads, show “promising transdiagnostic therapeutic with rapid and lasting effects” for conditions such as depression ...

Sonoran Desert toads use a fascinating defense mechanism against predators—hallucinogenic toxins. But nature has found a way around it. Amphibians are remarkably resilient creatures. In the 300 ...