In a stream in a city in southern China, calls led researchers to a new species. Wu X, Pan Y, Xiao W, Chen J, Yu G, Wei X (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution In the lush landscape of southern China, a ...

Since their introduction in 1935, cane toads (Rhinella marina) have become one of Australia’s most notorious invasive species, profoundly impacting native ecosystems. Research over recent decades has ...

In a forest in southern China at the edge of the Wuling Mountains, a previously unknown species with bright bulging copper eyes and fringed toes sat chirping by a river. In 2024, researchers ...

Kyoto, Japan -- In 1978, cane toads, which are native to South and Central America, were introduced for pest control to Ishigaki island in Okinawa prefecture in Japan. These poisonous toads secrete ...

Forget the tadpoles - in Tanzania's mountain forests, three newly discovered toads enter the world ready to hop. A new study, published in Vertebrate Zoology, introduces toad species that give birth ...

Shane traces how cane toads conquered Australia — and how science is turning the tide. Shane Campbell-Staton joins biologist Rick Shine and toad buster Simon Middap to unpack the full story of ...