WASHINGTON— Three conservation groups today intervened on the side of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a lawsuit challenging the designation of protected critical habitat for the Sierra Nevada ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Environmentalists are warning that a planned geothermal energy plant in Northern Nevada could threaten the habitat of a rare toad. The future of a big-eyed, freckled creature known as ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has stuck to its guns and is designating 1.8 million acres of mostly public California land as habitat critical for the preservation of the Yosemite toad (shown) and two ...

A recently discovered toad in Northern Nevada may qualify for endangered species protection, federal regulators announced Tuesday. After a 90-day review of the Dixie Valley toad, the U.S. Fish and ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Nearly 2 million acres designated as critical habitat for three imperiled frog species survived a court challenge Wednesday by California farmers. The Fish and Wildlife Service had ...

Today’s featured amphibian is the yellow toad, a creature whose method of reproduction is often studied. They are explosive breeders that exhibit dynamic sexual dichromatism. What does that mean?

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity today released documentation showing widespread damage to critical habitat for the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, mountain yellow-legged frog ...

An extremely rare, toad that's extinct in the wild is thriving in a lab environment, but researchers are still trying to determine whether it's safe to reintroduce the species into the wild. A ...