Adelaide University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. In an interesting conjunction of events, I brought home the DVD “Cane Toads; the Conquest” to show our Japanese exchange ...

Research has shown that the powder of secretions collected from a type of toad has a long-lasting effect on human happiness. The research team recruited 75 volunteers from the three countries of the ...

Late on a Thursday evening in July 2018, three intruders were caught on a wildlife camera at the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, a park north of Phoenix. Holding flashlights, they scoured a ...

Have you heard of toad venom? It’s become much more than an esoteric drug favored by “psychonauts.” But supporters won’t have to lick a toad if the chemically synthesized and purified version becomes ...

Huachansu, a Chinese medicine that comes from the dried venom secreted by the skin glands of toads, has tolerable toxicity levels, even at doses eight times those normally administered, and may slow ...

When I started looking into the threats facing the Sonoran desert toad, a native of the Southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, I had no idea what to expect. I found people paying hundreds of dollars ...

Have you heard of toad venom? It’s become much more than an esoteric drug favored by “psychonauts.” But supporters won’t have to lick a toad if the chemically synthesized and purified version becomes ...