The noise rose and fell in the night air, an odd, almost metallic whirring. Was it some nocturnal construction machinery? A descending spacecraft? It was nothing he'd ever heard in his quiet Cape ...

Steve McQuilkin of The Fort Myers News-Press captured this sound of the invasive, toxic cane toads in his Cape Coral neighborhood. C. A. Bridges Are coyotes in Florida? One was stuck on a hotel ledge ...

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 ...

On the edge of a dark, suburban park in Brisbane, teams of volunteer toad-catchers gather around Gary King as he shoves another squirming specimen into a cooler box. “Who’s got some more?” asks King, ...

The toxin that makes cane toads so poisonous is causing them to eat their younger kin, but only in Australia, where they became an out-of-control pest. By Annie Roth In Australia, poisonous cane toads ...

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 ...

Scientists from Macquarie University working with Bunuba Indigenous rangers and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) in Western Australia have trialed a new way to ...