In 1935, native beetles were wreaking havoc on Australia’s sugar cane crops in Queensland. The beetle larvae lived in the soil and chewed on sugarcane roots, stunting growth or killing the plants.

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 ...

Most Floridians know to avoid the large, warty, reddish-brown to grayish-brown cane toads that pop up around your house, especially during the wet warmer months of summer. But if you're new Florida, ...

All it takes is one miserable night after a bad dinner or drink to make humans avoid an ingredient for life. To teach freshwater crocodiles in Australia to avoid a lethally poisonous toad, all it ...

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 ...

Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control sugarcane beetles, but the toads ignore the beetles while decimating the ecosystem they were meant to protect. Instead, they became a highly ...