PHOENIX – This summer’s monsoon has been active across Arizona, bringing violent winds, torrential rain and flash floods. Also, rattlesnakes and toads. The Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary keeps ...

PHOENIX — Election and pre-holiday season can be stressful, but licking toads is not the escapism the National Park Service recommends. Last week, NPS posted on Facebook a message to visitors to stop ...

The Sonoran Desert Toad, with glands secreting a venom rich in the hallucinogens 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin, is invading Arizona now that monsoon conditions have kicked in for the late summer. They can ...

The toad emerges during the monsoon season because it needs water to reproduce. The Sonoran Desert toad, found in Arizona, has psychedelic properties. In this week's podcast of Valley 101, we If ...

Licking it might not be many people’s immediate answer — but the National Park Service is warning people against doing that anyway. In a recent Facebook post, the NPS asked visitors to not place their ...

A viral National Park Service warning about licking toads highlighted the potent psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT found in Colorado River toads. While the compound is psychoactive, licking the toad is ...

This summer’s monsoon has been active across Arizona, bringing violent winds, torrential rain and flash floods. Also, rattlesnakes and toads. The Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary keeps records of ...

If you're anything like me, you might've watched a movie on HBO Max recently called "Friendship." It's the newest project from Tim Robinson of "I Think You Should Leave" fame. One scene in particular ...