In a rainforest of Ecuador, a neon-colored creature with “long” limbs perched near a stream and called out for a mate. Its pulsing call worked — but also attracted the attention of nearby scientists.

Female toads are easily one of the most determined, resilient and tenacious queens of the natural world Despite the difficulties – by mid-March the little village pond was now brought to life by ...

These temporary pools serve as the breeding sites for spadefoot toads. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 9, 2007 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS.

A female drawn by his mating call (canorus means “melodious”) will enter the water and submit to his advances—if the pool suits. Toads have precise specifications for where they’ll breed ...

Toads - which were first introduced to Australia ... Her team quickly captured Toadzilla - believed to be a female - and returned to base to weigh her. They knew she would be heavy, but were ...

"This year we're aiming to beat that record," she said. Cane toads can live for more than 10 years in the wild, Tomsett said. Female toads produce as many as 35,000 eggs every time they breed ...

Once males arrive at their breeding grounds, they croak to attract females. A female crested toad can lay up to 15,000 eggs, which hatch into tadpoles within a day. Those that don’t succumb to ...

The cane toads also compete fiercely for food, devouring insects, frogs and small reptiles at a sharp pace. And with female cane toads capable of laying up to 30,000 eggs at a time, their numbers ...

But Ms James said the method is problematic for several reasons. "If a female toad falls into a bucket, the male toads can come piling in and [the females] drown because they get overwhelmed by ...