Two years ago, graduate student and herpetologist Jill Fleming was collecting data on Eastern red-spotted newts in a Connecticut forest when she spotted something strange: a faceless toad. The adult ...

A couple of years ago, in the forests of Connecticut, a team of zoologists were searching for newts. On one particular day, what caught their eye was not a newt, but a toad. A toad without a face. Yep ...

A toad found in a state forest in Connecticut startled researchers in the field because it had no face. The amphibian, an adult American toad, was hopping into the researchers’ feet and other objects ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Life without a face is a hard life for a toad—survival would be nearly impossible without eyes, a nose or much of a mouth ...