Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "invent a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." But what if the mouse is actually an invasive, poisonous toad that's taken over many South ...

For decades, Australia has tried to rein in cane toads by investing in disease-focused research, fungal approaches, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Brought in to address a problem, cane toads now represent ...

Cane toads are invasive here in Southwest Florida and they can be lethal to pets. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is tracking and trapping toads with the help of overseas tech. They use traps ...

Milky liquid squeezed from the glands of cane toads could be key to controlling the invasive pests in Australia. BiodiversityWatch coordinator Graeme Sawyer is working with fellow Top End toad busters ...

Australia’s dreaded cane toad might have met its match — disco-style ultraviolet lights. Northern Territory researchers said on Sunday they have been successful using dark ultraviolet (UV) lights — ...

Residents in an east coast city are asking for help amid what they say is an explosion of a notorious invasive species that's ...

Cane toads are invasive frogs that threaten the survival of several Australian wildlife species. Scientists and conservation managers have long grappled with how to stop the toad’s march across the ...

A team of researchers at the University of Sydney has found that invasive cane toad tadpoles have given their species an advantage in Australia by eating the hatchlings of native toads. In their paper ...

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Australia’s inland edges are still, almost indifferent to change, where heat sits over the ground for long stretches and movement feels slow even when it is not. Yet in these same places, something ...