This toad can get you high—really, really high. Poachers have taken notice. As people turn to psychedelic drugs to treat depression and anxiety, the Sonoran Desert toad has become a target of ...

New research suggests Sonoran Desert toads went into steep decline after stories of their mind-bending chemical properties began circulating among drug users.

In a sign of unintended consequences of the psychedelic resurgence, scientists say that the Sonoran desert toad is at risk of population collapse.

Police have seized several bottles of toad poison and 11 litres of the psychedelic drug ayahuasca during a series of raids at a “spiritual retreat” in eastern Spain. Three people were arrested ...

Increased interest in Bufo alvarius toad venom — derived from the animal’s defense secretions and containing the psychoactive compound 5-MeO-DMT — is seeing toad populations routinely ...