Cerebellum
English Punctuation: Quotation Marks Continued
More on punctuation marks that come in pairs. This is part 5 in the series: 'English Punctuation 2: A Beginner's Guide'.
Brave Wilderness
Toad Sprays Poison!
Find out where Toads store their poison on this episode of Breaking Trail! Most people already know that Toads are poisonous but do you know where they actually store their potent toxins? It is not simply in their skin like a poison frog...
Brave Wilderness
Will I Get Worms? - Eating Parasites
In this segment of On Location, Coyote and the crew learn all about Nematodes! While visiting Dr. Patricia Stock’s lab at the University of Arizona the crew was able to witness how these small parasitic worms could become an...
Science360
Tiny toad offers big potential for research on plasticity
Spadefoot toads fooled biologists for years, and now the species offers new insights on adaptive evolution Spadefoot toads are master "shape-shifters," able to make drastic changes to their form and behavior in response to their...
Brave Wilderness
GIGANTIC Toad Found in Japan!
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote and the crew are in Japan and they come across one gigantic amphibian – the Japanese Toad! This toad is so huge, you’ll have to see it to believe it!
Brave Wilderness
Alaska's Only Toad!
In this segment of On Location, Coyote amazingly finds a Toad in Alaska! The Western Toad is the only species of Toad, and one of very few amphibians, to inhabit this far Northern reach of the globe. In fact, amphibians are so uncommon...
Next Animation Studio
Australian scientists to train wildlife to avoid poisonous toads
Scientists in Australia have developed a special bait to prevent native wildlife from dying after eating cane toads. Cane toads are poisonous amphibians introduced to Australia to control beetles in the 1930s. However, native Australian...
Brave Wilderness
The Cane Toad Challenge! - Searching for Giant Toads
While making Breaking Trail the cameras are always in hot pursuit of Coyote as they try to keep up and document his next amazing animal encounter…but what happens when the tables are turned? In this special episode Coyote goes behind the...
Brave Wilderness
Toadally GRUMPY and POISONOUS Toad!
On this new episode of Creature Features, Coyote introduces you to the Fowler's Toad! Did you know this toad can lay up to 10,000 eggs?! Get ready to learn 5 facts you probably didn't know about this grumpy and POISONOUS Toad!
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Bushwhacked! - Series 2 - Episode 8 (Brown Snake)
From underwater to one of the world’s most deadliest land-dwelling creatures, this week our two adventurers will help save the deadly King Brown Snake from extinction!
Science ABC
Toadstools vs Mushrooms: Are They Different?
Toadstool and mushroom are merely unscientific labels to define different varieties of fungus. Yes, the mushroom that we eat is actually a fungus! There is a popular consensus that while mushrooms are white-capped species that grow in...
Professor Dave Explains
Herpetologist Jessica Ford (Get to Know a Scientist!)
What is a herpetologist? It's someone who studies reptiles and amphibians! Meet Jessica Ford, a PhD candidate at McGill University, who studies toads and tadpoles and their connection with the environment. If you like playing in the mud,...
Visual Learning Systems
Origin and Diversity of Amphibians
This video provides an overview of amphibians, their evolution from lobe-finned fishes, and the features they developed to adapt to life on land. It explains the different orders of amphibians, such as Anura (frogs and toads), Eurodella...
Visual Learning Systems
What Is an Amphibian?: Amphibians Around Us
This colorful program explores the fascinating, and changeable features of amphibians. Concepts and terminology: cold-blooded, metamorphosis, frog, tadpole, toad, and salamander.
Curated Video
Volunteers attempt to halt toad numbers declining
In South Africa, Western Leopard Toad numbers have been in sharp decline over the past twenty years.
But in Cape Town a community of volunteers is hoping by transporting the toads from their gardens and swimming pools to designated...
Curated OER
Cane Toad
Nocturnal frogs, like the cane toad, have horizontal irises. Your science class can learn more facts about the cane toad with this superb video. The narrator is easy to understand and, while she speaks, holds a real life cane toad!
Curated OER
Amphibians
More discrete than the squirrels and birds in your backyard, you may find a few amphibians hidden on the ground. Check under logs and leaves; you may find some salamanders. American toads are also very common in backyards. Although this...