Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Some frogs and toads secrete poison through their skin ...

Cane toads secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.

After describing a unique behaviour in the Small-banded Kukri Snake (Oligodon fasciolatus) last September, two new studies, also led by Henrik Bringsøe, are now reporting the same gruesome feeding ...

Wild crocodiles in Australia keep dying from eating toxic cane toads, so scientists have trained them to avoid the deadly meal by giving them a memorable dose of food poisoning. Cane toads (Rhinella ...

Fears about the impact of invasive, poisonous toads in Madagascar appear to be justified, suggests new research. The amphibians are driving a spike in deaths of a native snake species. Asian common ...