There's some truth to the urban legend that certain toads have psychedelic properties, but licking them isn't a good idea.

It might seem obvious that licking a toad isn’t a great idea, but the allure has been just too great for some people recently ...

The National Park Service issued a similar warning in 2022 about the deadly risks of licking toxic Sonoran Desert toads ...

It's the signature Colorado animal you know nothing about: the endangered boreal toad. It's normal to see people lugging massive backpacks up a Colorado trail toward beautiful scenic views. It's not ...

In Colorado’s subalpine areas, you might spot a greenish-gray toad hanging out in shallow waters, sporting a white stripe on its back. Each Boreal toad is further distinguished by its own belly ...

Wildlife biologists recently discovered rare toads are naturally repopulating in a high mountain lake where captively raised tadpoles were transplanted for several years. Staff from the Colorado Parks ...

Colorado wildlife officials are celebrating some long-awaited good news — the mountain toads are making tadpoles! For seven years, biologists have been toting tadpoles to high-elevation bogs and ponds ...

Colorado wildlife officials are celebrating some long-awaited good news – the mountain toads are making tadpoles. For seven years, biologists have been toting tadpoles to high-elevation bogs and ponds ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Colorado Parks and Wildlife is working to restore the boreal toad population. According to CPW, the amphibian has been listed as an endangered species since 1993.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) – In mid-July, a group of ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A combined effort by Colorado agencies led to another release of a state-endangered amphibian. The amphibian and aquatic species experts from the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance and ...

Global Field Program (GFP) graduate student Sam Hengge of Lakewood, Colorado, was published in Connect magazine, a publication of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). In "Denver Zoo Debuts ...