Inside the audacious mission to bring a rare toad back from the brink

L ove — or at least sex — was in the air of the small, windowless, biosecure room at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas. Sixteen ...
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The Search for the Golden Toad and Other Adventures in the Wild

When twin brothers Trevor and Kyle Ritland were children, their father — a biologist — would tell them stories about a mythical creature that lived high in the misty mountains of Costa Rica: the ...
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How colour-changing helps male Asian Common Toads avoid other males in a mating frenzy

Image: Brown female and yellow male Asian Common Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) in amplexus in their natural habitat in Karnataka. Credit: American Society of ...
New Atlas

Ugly yellow sweat stains may be no match for blue LED light

Not to sound like a TV commercial or anything, but … how often have you had to throw out white shirts because of unsightly yellow underarm stains? Well, those stains may not be a problem any longer, ...
The Straits Times

Drift race: Sea of yellow rubber ducks sweeps through Adventure Cove Waterpark

A raft of yellow ducks bobbed languidly along on the water, sans a single quack. These 20,000 DD.Ducks – the chef-hat toting mascot of Singapore restaurant chain Dian Xiao Er – were in a leisurely ...
Your Observer

Asolo Rep's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' explores the seasons of friendship

Scott Keys says some of his favorite characters are frogs and toads. “A Year With Frog and Toad” introduced him to those amiable amphibians; he’s directing the Asolo Repertory Theatre production of ...
Morningstar

Count on Adventure While Learning to Count in New Children’s Book DR. TOAD COUNTS TO TWELVE

Charleston, SC, July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newcomer to the world of children’s literature, Myra Wann fell in love with writing while in elementary school. But her story writing would take a ...