Times Square, Mount Rushmore, the Hollywood sign—but if you scratch beneath the surface, you’ll find something much weirder.

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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Recent unseasonable rainfall in the Valley is bringing rarely seen toads and mushrooms to parks and backyards. An increase in these organisms in the Valley has prompted warnings ...

Modern toads (Bufonidae) are among the most successful amphibians on the planet, a diverse group of more than 600 species that are found on every continent except Antarctica. But just how did they ...

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Researchers have newly described three extremely rare species of toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage and give ...

Six snake species in Florida can kill you, but few people have died in 20 years. Still, researchers say we need to learn more ...

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