Scientists admit it might "sound crazy" to deliberately breed an invasive cane toad for Western Australia's northern outback. Cane toads normally prove fatal to native flora and fauna, causing a ...

It’s often assumed that albino animals are rare in the wild because their lack of pigment makes them stick out in the natural environment, turning them into easy pickings for hungry predators. However ...

Albino cane toads created using gene-editing technology reveal that albino animals face competitive disadvantages going far beyond their vulnerability to predators, according to new research published ...

It is early evening in Australia's top end, and a hunter stalks its prey. Keenly alert, the northern quoll follows the sound of rustling in the leaf litter. It must be some kind of frog, the small ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency said a five-year campaign has largely eliminated an ...

South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t care much for the beetles, but they did spread ...

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 ...

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.

Invasive amphibians constitute one of the most visible and ecologically consequential groups of non-native vertebrates. Their establishment in novel regions often disrupts indigenous communities ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. The animal kingdom is full of moments like these, with different species interacting in strange and unique ways. These unusual relationships occur more ...

It began quietly, as many invasions do, unnoticed and underestimated. But the Asian black-spined toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, has since expanded across ecosystems far from its South Asian origins ...

Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control sugarcane beetles, but the toads ignore the beetles while decimating the ecosystem they were meant to protect. Instead, they became a highly ...