All glory to the hypnotoad? That doesn't mean lick them, says the National Park Service. The agency asked park visitors last week to refrain from licking the Sonoran Desert toad because of the ...

Bright colours often mean danger in the amphibian world. These frogs and toads carry toxins strong enough to paralyse or kill predators.

(WEHT) – The National Park Service this week posted “ribbiting” content on social media about the dangers of licking toads. Calling it “toad-ally terrifying,” officials said the Sonoran Desert Toad ...

Giant poisonous toads are spreading throughout Florida, and you should probably keep your pets away from them. Non-native cane toads have started appearing everywhere from the Keys all the way up to ...

The warning was a nod to the psychoactive properties in toad secretions that some people smoke. However, licking the toads is dangerous to humans and animals. The National Park Service has warned ...

Wolfgang Wüster, a coauthor on the paper, cautions in a statement, “predators that frequently feed on toads and do not rapidly learn or evolve to avoid them are likely to become much rarer or possibly ...

The National Park Service told visitors not to lick toads or anything else they find in the parks. The warning was a nod to the psychoactive properties in toad secretions that some people smoke.