In June 1935, the cane toad began its invasion of Australia. Sailors brought the animal over from Hawaii in an attempt to control the cane beetle that was ravaging Australia’s sugar cane crops. It was ...

Crocodiles are more likely to eat their meals in the water after toxic toads invade their habitat. Scientists believe that the behavioural change may help the reptiles wash away poison from the cane ...

With flashlights in hand and shielded by protective gloves, dozens of volunteers from the Taiwan Amphibian Conservation Society worked through the night searching rice fields and vegetable plots for ...

Cane toads might look like a tasty snack to crocodiles, but they have a habit of poisoning their predators. Imported from South America in the 1930s, these pests have left a trail of native animal ...

Invasive cannibalistic cane toad tadpoles in Australia eat so many of their younger hatchlings that they've become locked into an accelerating evolutionary arms race. Cane toads are not native to ...

The toxic cane toad is suffering back problems as a result of its takeover of Australia, scientists report today. The discovery that toads leading the invasion are suffering spinal arthritis gives new ...

Scientists have devised a radical solution to reduce the damaging impact of Australia's deadly cane toads. They have trained wild monitor lizards, known locally as goannas, not to eat the toxic ...

Initiatives such as the Great Cane Toad Bust aim to curb the growing number of toads after months of favourable breeding conditions When times are really bad, Simon Middap says the golfers on the ...

Co-ordinator of Frog Watch Graeme Sawyer said man-made water basins for cattle have made the Tanami Desert, which provides refuge for several of Australia’s rare and endangered species, a haven for ...