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 – female toads are bigger than male – were stunned. Weighing in at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control sugarcane beetles, but the toads ignore the beetles while decimating ...

Eating rabbit, camel, carp, feral cat, deer and cane toad might sound extreme to some, but it's gaining attention as a solution to tackle the growing impact of invasive species. Now, Tony Armstrong ...

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 ...

Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killing native wildlife by training goannas to avoid eating the deadly amphibians. A landmark study ...

Wild crocodiles in Australia keep dying from eating toxic cane toads, so scientists have trained them to avoid the deadly meal by giving them a memorable dose of food poisoning. Cane toads (Rhinella ...

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.