When the eggs hatch, the pond or wetland abounds with toad tadpoles. Those that survive will metamorphose into adults and leave the water for life on land. When mature, toads have few enemies.

Doctoring whole ponds as well as the tadpoles living in them has turned a disease hot spot back into a healthy home for wild toads. Majorcan midwife toads now flourish in mountain ponds once ...

Last week, the town Conservation Commission learned it would receive the grant to restore Bull Toad Pond and the surrounding area. The 1.6-acre parcel, owned by the town, ...

Frogs and toads survive droughts by burrowing into soil. A nearby stock pond has been dry for more than a year, and it's likely that some frogs are hiding in what was once the pond's bottom.

Those toads hopping jauntily around Williamsburg in their snazzy little backpacks are a work of science, not sorcery. And it’s a work in progress: William & Mary scientists are monitoring specimens of ...

Anyone living near, walking, biking, or driving by most any of the 500-plus stormwater ponds scattered around the city has heard the call of the male American toad this past week. ADVERTISEMENT ...

Stubbier than frogs, with shorter legs, toads crawl to breeding ponds, which can be up to 5km away. Their destination is typically a familiar one.