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 HyperCard inventor was a huge proponent of taking lower doses of 5-MeO-DMT, which is widely considered the strongest ...

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

Arizona officials are reminding Phoenix-area citizens that kissing frogs should only happen in fairy tales, as some people are reportedly licking toxic toads to get high. Recent unseasonal rainfall in ...

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

The Sonoran Desert toad excretes a neurotoxin that contains 5-MeO-DMT, a psychoactive compound also found in ayahuasca.

Researchers in Canada have reviewed evidence that psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT – a tryptamine alkaloid which is a naturally ...

Three years after the federal government listed a tiny Nevada toad on the endangered species list, a geothermal company seeking to develop a project near the toad’s only known habitat in Northern ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like creature with “long” fingers lurking near a temple in Thailand and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View ...

Only a band who lost an open-mic contest, placed a song with the film “So I Married an Axe Murderer” and marketed an album via Kickstarter could find international success as Toad the Wet Sprocket. As ...

In early 2025, global superstar Bad Bunny did something no one saw coming. He turned the little-known, critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad (sapo concho) into an international icon. The ...