SYDNEY -- For decades, the poisonous cane toad has plagued Australians, breeding rapidly, eating voraciously and bestowing death upon most animals that dare consume it. So officials came up with a ...

Scientists have knocked out genes that trigger cane toad tadpoles to turn into active toads, turning them into "Peter Pan"-like perpetual adolescents. The work provides a way to slow or halt the ...

Bufo barrier For three-quarters of a century, the cane toad has rampaged around northeastern Australia, but scientists hope the toxic terror may be stopped in its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shane traces how cane toads conquered Australia — and how science is turning the tide. Shane Campbell-Staton joins biologist Rick Shine and toad buster Simon Middap to unpack the full story of ...

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 ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...