Cane toads secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.

Australian park rangers discovered a potentially record-breaking giant cane toad last week. Dubbed "Toadzilla," she weighed in at 5.95 pounds, six times more than the average of her species. Cane ...

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 ...

Let’s hop on a cull. An alligator might eat your pet, but there’s a much sneakier predator lurking out there, waiting to harm your furriest family members — if you live in waterlogged Southern Florida ...

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 ...

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.

South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t care much for the beetles, but they did spread ...

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A jumbo-size cane toad (Rhinella marina) captured in Queensland, Australia, has tipped the scales at a whopping 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms), earning it the nickname "Toadzilla" and likely making it the ...

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 ...

In northern Australia, some freshwater crocodile populations are down by 70% because they're eating a kind of super poisonous toad that isn't even from Australia. Well, now a team of researchers has ...