Officials in an Australian state want troops sent in to prevent an invasion of cane toads, which carry venom so powerful it can kill crocodiles, snakes and other predators within minutes. The toads ...

University of Sydney scientists figure out a simple way to turn deadly amphibians against themselves Even a seemingly indestructible nemesis has a weakness. For Achilles, it was his heel. For ...

Heavy rains in Florida are bringing much more than the need for an umbrella. The inclement weather has sparked a massive influx of cane toads, critters with a poison so toxic, pet owners are fearing ...

Kyoto, Japan -- 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 ...

Cane toads, aka bufo toads, in Florida secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, ...

Authorities in northern Australia have launched a campaign to find the most successful way of slowing the devastating spread of cane toads. The poisonous amphibians have become one of the country's ...

THOUSANDS of Cane toadlets have been found over the past few weeks at Lyford Cay, Minister of State for Environment Kenred Dorsett said yesterday. Since the public was alerted to the invasive species ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. When 60,000 cane toads were released into Queensland by the government over five years in the 1930s, it ...

Kimberley Toad Busters (KTB) founder Lee Scott-Virtue said cane toad numbers had reached staggering numbers as they invaded every habitat system. The first toad arrived just east of the Bungle Bungles ...

TOXIC cane toads have reportedly wiped out entire species of animals in the world heritage-listed Purnululu National Park. Kimberley Toad Busters (KTB) founder Lee Scott-Virtue said cane toad numbers ...

CANE toad busters say the toxic creatures are creeping further into WA and wiping out entire species of animals in some areas. Kimberley Toad Busters (KTB) founder Lee Scott-Virtue said cane toad ...