This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Australia has a long history of invasive ...

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.

New Curtin University research has found invasive cane toads are on track to reach Western Australia's Pilbara region within the next 10 to 20 years, threatening to cause widespread losses among ...

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 ...

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The aquatic reptiles cannot resist eating invasive toads that are toxic, so scientists gave the crocodiles a dose of nonlethal food poisoning to adjust their behavior. By Jack Tamisiea When Dr. Seuss ...

Scientists are training an endangered furry marsupial—Australia's beloved quoll—to avoid eating toxic toads that have devastated predator populations in a novel attempt to save native fauna.

Cane toads were introduced into Australia in 1935 to control the pest problem that was threatening the country’s sugar cane crop. It seemed like a practical innovative solution at the time, but it ...

Scientists in Australia have genetically modified invasive cane toad eggs to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that never grow up—they don’t ever metamorphose into adults. Cane toad tadpoles already have an ...

A stowaway cane toad makes it all the way to Broome in Western Australia. WEST AUSTRALIANS ARE URGED to keep a look-out for rogue cane toads after one of the pests was found to have hitched a ride ...