Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 'Peter Pan' tadpoles have voracious appetites for their fellow hatchlings and toad eggs. Genetically modified, cannibal ...

SYDNEY -- For decades, the poisonous cane toad has plagued Australians, breeding rapidly, eating voraciously and bestowing death upon most animals that dare consume it. So officials came up with a ...

Since their introduction in 1935, cane toads (Rhinella marina) have become one of Australia’s most notorious invasive species, profoundly impacting native ecosystems. Research over recent decades has ...

Australians are being warned of the dangers of handling cane toad eggs, after an east coast resident found what appeared to be metres of "disgusting", stringy spawn in their pool. The Queensland ...

South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t care much for the beetles, but they did spread ...

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 ...

It’s a warm and humid evening in Darwin’s rural area and a group of around 60 people are kitted out with torches, gloves and buckets. Getting ready to explore the Territory Wildlife Park, after dark, ...