They’re native to Central and South America and were first introduced to Florida in the 1930s as a form of biological pest control to eat beetles threatening the sugar cane crop. That toad ...

In the 1930s, Australian farmers faced a major threat to their sugarcane crops, grubs from the cane beetle. In a desperate bid to save the crops, officials introduced a natural predator: the cane ...

Unfortunately, the 2,400 cane toads didn't do much to quell the beetle population. Instead, because the poisonous toads have no natural predators in Australia, they bred out of control. Today ...

Cane toads make life difficult for Australian native animals. ... the cane beetle, ... But the water rats in the north of Australia are native animals and apparently super smart.

Last week, the world met “Toadzilla”, a cane toad the size of a football and six times larger than average. The rangers who found her were stunned. Weighing in at 2.7 kilograms, Toadzilla may be the ...

Cane toad culls In Brisbane, King’s volunteer toad busters include father and son team Luke and Austin Rogers, who moved to Australia from the United Kingdom over a decade ago.

Thousands of freshwater crocodiles die in Australia each year after eating poisonous cane toads. A team of researchers is trying to teach the crocs to avoid the toads, and it appears to be working.

Invasive biologists have long tried to curb Australia’s cane toad population. The newest approach uses CRISPR gene-editing technology to create cannibalistic “Peter Pan” cane toad tadpoles: tadpoles ...

Plug leaks in 150 agricultural water points down a long dry strip of land south of Broome bordered by the sea and the Great Sandy Desert, and the cane toad invasion will come to a stop – 90 ...

Genetically modified, cannibal tadpoles may be the solution to Australia’s nearly century-old invasive cane toad problem.According to researchers, removing a single gene that controls production ...

Cane toad culls In Brisbane, King’s volunteer toad busters include father and son team Luke and Austin Rogers, who moved to Australia from the United Kingdom over a decade ago.