Among the last photos taken of the golden toad in Costa Rica in 1978. (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) A beautiful golden toad which lived in the cloud forest of Costa Rica ...

The Golden Toad of Costa Rica’s Monteverde cloud forest, once abundant and brilliantly colored, declined rapidly after the late 1980s. A drying climate linked to El Niño, along with the spread of ...

The golden toad was declared extinct in 2004, the victim of climate change, scientists said in 2022. But Trevor Ritland hasn't given up the search.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Harlequin toads (Atelopus sp) have been decimated by the outbreak of chytridiomycosis, a deadly fungal disease, across Latin America. Between the ...

BEIJING - The 77-foot-tall golden inflatable toad was supposed to inspire enthusiasm for traditional Chinese art. But no sooner had the replica amphibian been seen floating on a lake in a Beijing park ...