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Acoustic Study Confirms Rare Eastern Spadefoot in Region

Calvert Marine Museum’s 2025 FrogWatch study used acoustic recorders to confirm Eastern spadefoot at five sites across ...
Research by an Oregon State University graduate student has shed new light on the status of a toad previously thought to be endangered. Anne Devan-Song, a doctoral candidate studying integrative ...
In the 1980s, a rare and elusive amphibian called the spadefoot toad vanished from its habitat in Falmouth. For the last decade, conservationists have tried to bring it back. Now they believe they’ve ...
Ian Ives wants to get close enough to a spadefoot toad to see the glint in its eye. Who wouldn't want to lock eyes with a comely spadefoot toad, no better way to find a prince or a princess. That's ...
Most everyone recognizes frogs. Frogs, like salamanders and newts, are amphibians. Unlike salamanders, they have made a major evolutionary detour from the body plan of their ancient ancestors. The ...