PROVIDENCE — The eastern spadefoot toad is a state-endangered animal in Rhode Island that is known to populate only a handful of sites around the state. But a newly-employed detection technique is ...

The Eastern spadefoot toad, actually a primitive frog, may not be so rare after all according to a study by University of Rhode Island researchers who used a seldom-used methodology that turned up ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research by a graduate student in Oregon State University's College of Science has upended the conventional wisdom that for a century has incorrectly guided the study of a toad ...

New research has upended the conventional wisdom that for a century has incorrectly guided the study of a toad listed as endangered in part of its range. Research by a graduate student in Oregon State ...

Ian Ives wants to get close enough to a spadefoot toad to see the glint in its eye. Who wouldn't want to lock eyes with a comely spadefoot toad, no better way to find a prince or a princess. That's ...