You may be wondering how the two types of toads differ. The Canadian toads apologize for keeping you up all night with their calls, of course. Just kidding.

Caption: The golden toad of Costa Rica is among 90 frog and toad species whose extinctions have been linked to the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. (Charles H. Smith/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) ...

Despite centuries of research by biologists, the report estimated that 3,050 types of amphibians -- a group that includes frogs, toads, salamanders and newts -- were still to be described, compared to ...

Scientists have just tallied the toll of "the deadliest disease that has ever struck wildlife in all time." They found it has driven close to a hundred species of frogs and toads to extinction ...