As a nature photographer for many years, I’ve become aware of certain subjects outdoor shutterbugs cannot resist. One is a toad and its tongue. Is it the stickiness they find so appealing? Or the ...

The deceptively simple, remarkably fast feeding action of toads and chameleons offers a new look at how muscles work. This fresh perspective could lead to designing more efficient electric motors, ...

Bombardier beetles are known for their feisty response to predators. When confronted, the insects blast their adversary with a boiling-hot secretion of noxious chemicals. If they get swallowed anyway, ...

Toad versus bombardier beetle is almost a fair fight. Toads are hugely bigger, can tongue-strike in an eyeblink and swallow all kinds of nasty stuff. But bombardier beetles can shoot hot steam and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Their genus is homo, their species superior, but most folks simply refer to them as mutants. They are the next stage in human evolution and, though ...

The National Park Service has a few simple requests for its guests who want to enjoy the outdoors: pick up your trash, be mindful of your campfires and please don’t lick the Sonoran desert toads. The ...

(CNN) - If you happen to see a toad, keep your tongue in your mouth. That’s the main message the National Park Service stressed in a Facebook post last month. While most people probably don’t want to ...

A toad sits at a pond's edge eyeing a cricket on a blade of grass. In the blink of an eye, the toad snares the insect with its tongue. This deceptively simple, remarkably fast feeding action offers a ...