They may not turn into Prince Charming, but they can wipe out 10,000 pests in a gardening season. Sounds too good to be true?

Last year, Cynthia Berger tried for an autumn spinach harvest in her Pennsville, Pennsylvania, garden. The pests got there first. “It was slug city,” says Berger. The slimy, shell-less mollusks turned ...

Sonoran Desert toads use a fascinating defense mechanism against predators—hallucinogenic toxins. But nature has found a way around it. Amphibians are remarkably resilient creatures. In the 300 ...

I've never seen an event paused for *checks notes* a toad, but here we are. Today is the day, folks. The British Open was put on pause for a brief moment because of a toad. Yes, a toad. We've already ...