Most everyone recognizes frogs. Frogs, like salamanders and newts, are amphibians. Unlike salamanders, they have made a major evolutionary detour from the body plan of their ancient ancestors. The ...

I spotted this creature at Killygarvan graveyard, Rathmullan, Co Donegal in July – a toad – but it doesn’t match the pictures of Irish toads. Francis McNicholl That is because it is not our native ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens is doing its part to help prevent a critically endangered amphibian from going extinct. The Puerto Rican crested toad is only found in Puerto Rico, where ...