The WA Government, researchers, Traditional Owners and pastoralists have joined forces against the invasive, poisonous pest—the cane toad. Cane toads entered northeast Western Australia 15 years ago.

Damn straight. Toxic toads invading Australia are moving in straighter paths to reach new destinations quicker. Over the 80 years since they were introduced to Australia to control pest insects, the ...

Toxic toads at the forefront of the invasion across Australia suffer arthritis, suggesting new ways to control the destructive pest LONG legs aren’t all they are cracked up to be – at least not if you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Brought in to address a problem, cane toads now represent ...

Cane toads are one of Australia's most notorious invasive species for a reason. They spread aggressively and can poison animals that try to eat them. That makes them a threat not only to wildlife but ...

Australia’s inland edges are still, almost indifferent to change, where heat sits over the ground for long stretches and movement feels slow even when it is not. Yet in these same places, something ...

The aquatic reptiles cannot resist eating invasive toads that are toxic, so scientists gave the crocodiles a dose of nonlethal food poisoning to adjust their behavior. By Jack Tamisiea When Dr. Seuss ...

Source: Richard Fisher, via Wikimedia Commons. To protect freshwater crocodiles from deadly invasive cane toads, scientists at Macquarie University collaborated with Bunuba Indigenous rangers and the ...