Common toads, with their heavy-set bodies and short limbs, are regarded as typical terrestrial amphibians. “There is no shortage of papers on common toads; they are a very well-studied species,” says ...

Recent years have seen a collapse in the regional populations of both frogs and toads. Issues such as loss of wetland habitats and particularly of breeding ponds took their toll in the twentieth ...

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According to new research, populations of the common toad (Bufo bufo), are declining at dangerous rates in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The common toad is no longer as common as it used to be.

'Poop, poop!’ Imagine the scene, as the eccentric, narcissistic Mr Toad comes careering around the corner dressed in gaudy Harris tweed, behind the wheel of his bright-red sports car. The toad ...

A road will be closed for the next six weeks to allow toads, frogs and newts to cross to their breeding grounds. The Charlcombe Toad Rescue Group is hoping to help more than 3,000 amphibians reach ...

Citizen science projects looking for hazel dormice and bats have discovered another, more unexpected inhabitant of trees: common toads. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and amphibian ...

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You've heard of toad in the hole, well how about toad in the tree?! Researchers from the University of Cambridge and amphibian charity Froglife were looking for bats and hazel dormice, when they found ...