Cane toads are infamous for wreaking havoc on Australian ecosystems. But, as Peter Aldhous discovers, we're only now about to learn whether their fearsome reputation is deserved. Darwin is bracing ...

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

The article dissected the distinctions between toads and frogs, highlighting their taxonomic differences, physical traits, and natural habitats. Toads were noted for their warty skin and terrestrial ...

Last year, Cynthia Berger tried for an autumn spinach harvest in her Pennsville, Pa. garden. The pests got there first. “It was slug city,” says Berger. The slimy, shell-less mollusks turned the ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- South Florida's recent heavy rain sets the perfect mood for giant toxic toads to breed. They're called Cane toads, or Bufo toads, and the invasive species can be deadly for cats ...

A new mockumentary about the invasion of cane toads is both entertaining and informative. IF THERE’S ANYTHING THAT can show the endearing side of a cane toad, then it’s the mockumentary Cane Toads: ...

After a six-year effort, biologists say they have for the first time managed to rid a wild toad species of a lethal fungal disease that threatens amphibians around the world. The fungal disease is one ...

During a recent stormy night in Western Australia, one Paul Mock ventured outside and was greeted by thousands of cane toads. The animals had settled onto the rain-soaked grass after being flushed out ...

Almost like a plague out of the Book of Exodus, a horde of poisonous toads crept out of the water and prowled onto manicured lawns inside a tony suburb of Palm Beach Gardens, clogging pool filters and ...

As the storm crossed Houston on Monday morning, the call of the toads echoed from every flooded street corner. By Shannon Sims Reporting from Houston Amid the cacophony of pelting rain, exploding fuse ...

Krystal Tolley receives funding from the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Rose’s mountain toadlet is a very small amphibian – adults grow to just 2 centimetres in length. These little ...