Australia has an overpopulation problem with the cane toad, an alien species that sugar farmers introduced 75 years ago to control pests. Researchers have discovered a new weapon to use against the ...

SYDNEY -- For decades, the poisonous cane toad has plagued Australians, breeding rapidly, eating voraciously and bestowing death upon most animals that dare consume it. So officials came up with a ...

Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control sugarcane beetles, but the toads ignore the beetles while decimating the ecosystem they were meant to protect. Instead, they became a highly ...

Scientists in Australia have come up with an unusual plan to save freshwater crocodiles that keep dying after eating invasive and poisonous toads. By filling dead toads with a chemical that makes the ...

Scientists have trialled a new way to protect freshwater crocodiles from deadly invasive cane toads spreading across northern Australia. Scientists from Macquarie University working with Bunuba ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - It seems a bad back might be the only thing that can stop the relentless spread of Australia's poisonous cane toads, which are killing native animals as they hop across the nation, ...

South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t care much for the beetles, but they did spread ...

Cane toads have over the past 85 years become a problem in Australia. Originally native to South America, some of the toads were captured and turned loose in the 1930's in Australian sugar cane fields ...

The aquatic reptiles cannot resist eating invasive toads that are toxic, so scientists gave the crocodiles a dose of nonlethal food poisoning to adjust their behavior. By Jack Tamisiea When Dr. Seuss ...

Eating rabbit, camel, carp, feral cat, deer and cane toad might sound extreme to some, but it's gaining attention as a solution to tackle the growing impact of invasive species. Now, Tony Armstrong ...