Cane toads secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.
Scientists have unlocked the DNA of the cane toad, a poisonous amphibian that is a threat to many native Australian species. A group of scientists from UNSW Sydney, the University of Sydney, Deakin ...
Poisonous cane toads are back in many neighborhoods as we get into the rainy season. Dog owners need to be alert because the invasive toads can kill their pets. There is a cane toad trap that you can ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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Scientists Created Gene-Edited Albino Cane Toads To Unravel The Mysteries Of Natural Selection
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 ...
For decades, the poisonous cane toad has plagued Australians, breeding rapidly, eating voraciously and bestowing death upon most animals that dare consume it. So officials came up with a novel — and, ...
Slideshow: The Cane Toad When Australian scientists failed to find a virus to control one of the most insidious invasive species, they decided to build one. Is it worth the risk? All photos by Brendan ...
On a tropical Queensland island, 'toad busters' have decided the cane toad's spread across northern Australia should not be a ...
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