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.

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.

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 ...

In the wild rainforest of Australia’s north, park rangers have stumbled upon a predator so large they felt they had no choice but to dub it Toadzilla.. The giant cane toad was discovered Jan. 12 ...

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.

Shane traces how cane toads conquered Australia — and how science is turning the tide. Shane Campbell-Staton joins biologist Rick Shine and toad buster Simon Middap to unpack the full story of ...

Since their introduction in 1935 in an attempt to control cane beetles that were devastating Queensland’s cane sugar crops, cane toads (Rhinella marina) have significantly multiplied and spread, ...

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 ...

Almost two centuries after rabbits were set free across Australia’s fragile landscape, scientists are working to understand a ...

Cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to eat pests that feed on sugar cane crops. As with many foreign species in Australia, the toads quickly became pests themselves.

Cane toads’ population exploded in Australia after they were introduced in 1935 to control cane beetles and other pests because they faced no natural predators, Nolan told the outlet.