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

Cane toads are making a comeback in Southwest Florida, and residents are taking action. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has given the green light for landowners to hunt these ...

You're probably aware that Florida has battled invasive species for decades. From Burmese pythons, tegus and green iguanas to rhesus macaque monkeys and lionfish, non-native species pose a significant ...

Since their introduction in 1935, cane toads (Rhinella marina) have become one of Australia’s most notorious invasive species, profoundly impacting native ecosystems. Research over recent decades has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Source: Richard Fisher, via Wikimedia Commons. To protect freshwater crocodiles from deadly invasive cane toads, scientists at Macquarie University collaborated with Bunuba Indigenous rangers and the ...

The toxic cane toad introduced to Australia in the 1930s is causing ripples through the ecosystem in ways rarely seen when invasive species spread. We know that toads poison their predators, but this ...

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 ...

Hurricane Ian smashed Southwest Florida nearly a year ago, and the region hasn't been the same since. And the impacts extend beyond the obvious human tolls as the storm likely pushed dozens of ...

Florida is home to dozens of invasive species. Most don't react well to cold weather. Temperatures in the Fort Myers area ...