A new and unexpected obstacle is thwarting efforts to control the invasive cane toad populations in Australia: a potential ban on the most commonly used method for killing the animals -- carbon ...

For decades, Australia has tried to rein in cane toads by investing in disease-focused research, fungal approaches, ...

Analysis of more than 3 million toad calls from locations across Australia gives rare insights into toad breeding ...

In a groundbreaking conservation effort, Australian researchers are training native quolls to avoid lethal cane toads by ...

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In 1978, cane toads, which are native to South and Central America, were introduced for pest control to Ishigaki island in Okinawa prefecture in Japan. These poisonous toads secrete deadly toxins, ...

People have proposed trapping them, bludgeoning them, baiting them, freezing them, fencing them in and launching biological and genetic warfare on them. But an expert says there's no hard evidence ...

Cane toads are invasive frogs that threaten the survival of several Australian wildlife species. Scientists and conservation managers have long grappled with how to stop the toad’s march across the ...

In 1935, native beetles were wreaking havoc on Australia's sugar cane crops in Queensland. The beetle larvae lived in the soil and chewed on sugarcane roots, stunting growth or killing the plants.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the wild rainforest of Australia's north, park rangers have stumbled upon a predator so large they felt they had no choice but ...