Early spring is the start of the breeding season for common toads (Bufo bufo to scientists). A warm, wet evening is the ...

While there has been plenty of sunshine recently in Gloucestershire, the nights have been frosty, putting toads off from making the trip to their ancestral ponds from overwintering spots.

oriental fire-bellied toads thrive in northeastern China, Korea, southern Japan, and southern parts of Russia. They are highly aquatic and usually found in slow-moving streams and ponds.

The common frog can travel up to five hundred metres from its breeding pond. The common toad might travel further, roaming up to five kilometres. Other amphibians, such as the tiny palmate newt travel ...

But why they do so remains a mystery. Baby toads measuring as small as 1 centimeter long began their ascent on the morning of May 12 around ponds near Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine here. “It takes 40 ...

Two species of frog and two toads are native to the UK. So-called common frogs (Rana temporaria) and common toads (Bufo bufo) are widespread and often spotted in gardens. But sightings of these ...