Britain’s toads have begun their spring migration, putting them at even greater risk than usual. Here’s how – and why – we should look after them ...

If the global decline of honeybees has taught us anything, it’s that even the most commonplace, ordinary species are vulnerable. Researchers working with the “Toads on Roads” project now report that ...

Dedicated volunteers have safely guided more than two million toads across British roads during their annual spring migration over the last 50 years, a wildlife charity has revealed. As "toad ...

For two years Mike Flaherty and his son have braved the chilly late-winter nights as they head out on "toad patrol" in ...

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 ...

Despite this, Gloucestershire is a busy county for toads. Every year, volunteers for the Gloucestershire Toads on Roads ...

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 ...

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 UK's toad population could be facing a bleak future because of a deadly fungal disease. The deadly chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is highly effective at causing extinctions ...

For the past fifty years, thousands of volunteers have been helping the amphibians cross roads up and down the country. In fact, according to the charity Froglife, two million toads have now been ...

If this is true, Petrovan says, common toads could be found in up to one in every hundred trees in favorable habitats in the UK. Why has this behavior gone unnoticed? It appears that common toads are ...