For nearly two centuries, scientists have puzzled over how the Surinam toad manages to be such a deft and fierce hunter ...

Its strange, star-shaped toes. In a study published last month in the Journal of Comparative Physiology A, researchers show the Suriname toad’s toes are highly tuned sensory organs that function ...

On September 23, 1926—exactly 100 years ago—Kammerer died by suicide in a wooded area near Vienna. In a note he left behind, ...

The Suriname toad is nearly blind, has no tongue, and hunts in water too murky to see through, yet it strikes with lethal precision in under a tenth of a second. Scientists just figured out the ...

The true nature of that seemingly grotesque back was the 'ultimate cradle' to ensure the children survive in waters filled ...

UCLA biologists have made an incredible new discovery about a species of strange, flat frogs with minuscule eyes in the Amazon basin that catch their prey in an unusual way. The water in the Amazon ...

Surinam toads lie in wait with outstretched forelimbs until a small fish approaches, then snap open their jaws to create enough suction to draw the fish into their tongueless mouths and swallow it ...

It is difficult, and yet important, to practice holding multiple truths at once, such as: No animal is inherently bad, and also the Surinam toad is a toad of nightmares. The diversity of life on Earth ...

Surinam toads (Pipa pipa) are strange, flat frogs with minuscule eyes that live in the murky waters of the Amazon basin and carry their eggs on their backs. The way they catch prey is even weirder.

Some weed strains get famous because they’re good. Others get famous because everyone on Instagram and X is arguing about who bred them, who stole them, and if the weed in the bag is even the right ...

Even though the Surinam toad’s habitat is shrinking bit by bit due to deforestation and expanding agriculture, Pipa pipa isn’t ringing any alarm bells just yet. The International Union for ...