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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Shine, one of Australia’s leading authorities on cane toads, had noticed that even in murky water, cane toad tadpoles were able to swim toward eggs laid by rival females, which they’d eat for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A live toad, a slug, birds’ nests and holy water from the Ganges river were among almost 400,000 items seized from travellers at Australia’s international airports last year.

A live toad, a slug, birds’ nests and holy water from the Ganges river were among almost 400,000 items seized from travellers at Australia’s international airports last year.