Newsweek

This Giant Toad Mimics a Deadly Venomous Viper With the World’s Longest Snake Fangs to Avoid Being Eaten

In nature, many animals mimic others, for a variety of purposes. Now scientists have uncovered the latest example of this peculiar ability—finding that the Congolese giant toad mimics the appearance ...
Yahoo

‘Toadzilla,’ record-breaking giant cane toad, discovered in Australia

In the wild rainforest of Australia’s north, park rangers have stumbled upon a predator so large they felt they had no choice but to dub it Toadzilla. The giant cane toad was discovered Jan. 12 by ...
Yahoo

Australian park rangers discovered a giant, toxic toad that eats anything that fits into her mouth. They named her Toadzilla.

Dubbed "Toadzilla," she weighed in at 5.95 pounds, six times more than the average of her species. Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935, and are designated as pests by authorities. Park ...
Penn Live

Giant ‘Toadzilla’ cane toad discovered, weighed nearly 6 pounds

AIRLIE BEACH, Australia – Rangers in Conway National Park in Queensland, Austrialia, were shocked when they stumbled upon a cane toad so big, they named it Toadzilla. As rangers were driving on a ...
The Spokesman-Review

All hail ‘Toadzilla’: Giant toad in Australia could be world’s largest

As Kylee Gray got out of her car, she looked to the ground and gasped in disbelief. The ranger at Conway National Park in Queensland, Australia, had stopped the vehicle last week in a wild rainforest ...
CNET

Meet 'Toadzilla,' the Giant Toxic Toad That Shocked Park Rangers

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Cane ...
New Scientist

Giant toad looks and acts like a venomous snake to scare off predators

An African toad has found a nifty way to scare off predators: it looks and sounds like a venomous snake. This strategy of “Batesian mimicry” is common in some other animal groups, but is extremely ...
ABC7

Giant toad, dubbed Toadzilla, found in Australia, may be a record-breaker

Rangers in northeastern Australia were astonished when they stumbled across what may be the largest toad on record, weighing in at nearly 6 pounds. Dubbed "Toadzilla" by the rangers, the 2.7-kilogram ...

This invasive Florida creature is toxic and a danger to pets. What to know

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

Giant toads have very limited range in Texas

When it comes to applying misleading names to things, naturalists are certainly guilty. For example, the name "common snapping turtle" insinuates that species is, well, common when the opposite is ...
Mediaite

Move Over Murder Hornets, Dog-Killing Giant Toads Are the New Threat to Us in 2020

Just a month ago, we were worried about murder hornets, the giant insects native to Asia that were threatening to spread in North America. So far (thankfully!) the murder hornet invasion has largely ...