Invasive species are always disruptive to the native wildlife in the ecosystems they take over. However, their impact on humans and domesticated animals is usually more indirect. An exception is the ...

Most Floridians know to avoid the large, warty, reddish-brown to grayish-brown cane toads that pop up around your house, especially during the wet warmer months of summer. But if you're new Florida, ...

The Jupiter boy started a community service initiative called "Habitat Heroes" after learning how prevalent the invasive ...

The animal discovered was so big for its species that it was given a special nickname. The Queensland National Parks official Facebook account dubbed it as, “Toadzilla.” The toad in question is a cane ...

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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Thousands of invasive toads are about to be killed by Australian locals as the annual Great Cane Toad Bust kicks off, ...

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 ...

The wave of pesky cane toads that is spreading across the Australian landscape with a rapacious disregard for the continent's delicate ecological balance might be slowed by a complaint familiar to ...

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.