Freshwater crocodiles die every year in Australia from eating poisonous cane toads that humans introduced to the continent. Now scientists have found a way to teach the crocs to avoid the toxic toads.

Cane toads have been taking over Australia since 1935. It all started when well-meaning scientists brought 102 of the toads to the outback from Hawaii to control a pest that was destroying sugar ...

Cane toads are notorious pests in Australia, colonizing habitats and poisoning other wildlife. Park rangers euthanized the 5.95-pound animal, whose body will be donated to the Queensland Museum.

Cane Toads Invade, Conquer Australia. News. By Brett Israel published 24 June 2010 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Scientists introduced cane toads from Hawaii to Queensland, Australia, in 1935 to exterminate cane beetles (Dermolepida albohirtum) that were ravaging newly planted sugarcane crops.However, this ...

This showed that the Australian cane toads had become aggressive cannibals, as eggs placed in with them were over 2.5 times more likely to be cannibalized before producing a tadpole.

Today there is an estimated 200 million cane toads in north-western Australia, each with a voracious appetite. Numerous strategies have been employed to rid the continent of the toads.

Return with us now to Australia, where by the last account an armada of giant, ugly cane toads was oozing its way down the entire eastern coast, even laying siege to Brisbane, the nation`s third ...

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 ...

Cane toads were introduced into Australia in 1935 to control the pest problem's in the sugar cane crop. But what seemed like a smart solution at the time quickly spiraled into disaster.

It’s been about 90 years since Australia introduced tropical cane toads (Rhinella marina) onto Queensland farms. Around 2,400 toads were released into the wild in 1935 in an attempt to rein in ...

An Australian couple encountered a strange sight when they spotted a dozen venomous cane toads appearing to hitch a ride on the back of an 11.5-foot python — but the pair soon found out they'd ...