Scientists in Australia have come up with an unusual plan to save freshwater crocodiles that keep dying after eating invasive and poisonous toads. By filling dead toads with a chemical that makes the ...
In 1935, native beetles were wreaking havoc on Australia’s sugar cane crops in Queensland. The beetle larvae lived in the ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In Florida, summer doesn't only mean humid temperatures and tropical storms. It also means an influx of an invasive frog species known as cane toads. Most active during the ...
Cane toads secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.
Thousands of freshwater crocodiles die in Australia each year after eating poisonous cane toads. A team of researchers is trying to teach the crocs to avoid the toads, and it appears to be working. In ...
The toad secretes a toxin that can make people sick. But because the toxic secretions also contain a powerful hallucinogen, toad licking has... The National Park Service wants people to stop licking ...