Volunteers surveying dormice and bats in trees have made the unexpected discovery of over fifty common toads in nest boxes and tree cavities at least 1.5 meters high. Volunteers surveying dormice and ...

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.

The common toad is a rather rotund animal with short legs and an ungainly gait. It certainly doesn’t look like a good tree climber – yet citizen surveys suggest that common toads often climb trees to ...

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 ...

Well this was toad-ally unexpected. A person in England purchased a pre-packaged salad from a local grocery story only to find a toad — a live toad — was hopping around within. UPI reports how, ...

Toads are no match for the bombardier beetle. In fact, according to new research recently published in the journal "Biology Letters," even after being swallowed for nearly two hours, the beetles ...

Marked individuals of Bufo bufo were observed to move within a small area during a summer. 75 % of the individuals were recaptured within 10 m. The median distance between the points of two successive ...