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.

More than 3,000 toads, frogs and newts have been helped to cross a busy road in Bath to safely reach their breeding lake.

Conservationists in Denbighshire ‘angry and heartbroken’ after Nant-y-Ffrith site emptied during breeding season ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every year, thousands of common toads, frogs and newts awaken from their winter hibernation and make the perilous journey back to their ancestral breeding ponds. On mild, damp evenings between January ...

Andy Smart from Froglife said more volunteers were needed to protect the animals Hundreds of migrating toads who were at risk of being killed by traffic have been safely relocated to breeding ponds by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Reach Publishing Services Limited (Reach Publishing Services Limited) Every year, thousands of common toads, frogs and ...