Large multi-year study shows that juvenile "taster toads" taught goannas to avoid eating poisonous cane toads, preventing population collapse A landmark study published in the journal Conservation ...
For most prey, the game is over once they have been swallowed. But one species of beetle can escape from a toad’s stomach nearly two hours after being eaten, according to a new study. Found in wooded ...
Cane toads, aka bufo toads, in Florida secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, ...
Conservationists in Taiwan are racing to contain an invasion of non-native and highly toxic toads before the warty amphibians cause widespread damage to their new ecosystem. Researchers in Taiwan ...
Australia, you've done it again! A study published this month studied the behaviors of invasive populations of cane toads in Australia. These toads, it would seem, have evolved to target not only ...
This 15-inch-long cane toad from Darwin, Australia, weighs nearly 2 pounds. The toads, which were imported from South America in a failed effort to eradicate a beetle eating Queensland sugarcane crops ...
Researchers in Australia concerned about the sharp decline of freshwater crocodiles who eat a toxic, invasive toad species have come up with a stomach-churning way for the reptiles to help themselves.
Eating rabbit, camel, carp, feral cat, deer and cane toad might sound extreme to some, but it’s gaining attention as a ...
SYDNEY: Australian scientists on January 6 said they had devised an “innovative method of conservation” through feeding giant monitor lizards small cane toads so they won’t be killed by larger-sized ...
Australians scientists have found a new way of killing poisonous cane toads by using cat food to attract carnivorous ants. The method was discovered by University of Sydney biology professor Rick ...