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 ...

An invasive toad species has been wreaking havoc in the waters of northern Australia, but scientists may have found a solution for curbing its growth. A group of researchers from Macquarie University ...

Cane toads — sizable, toxic amphibians from Central and South America that have been introduced to Hawaii and Australia — can find their way home across long distances. To investigate their homing ...

THIS WEEK, between January 18th and 27th, thousands of volunteers in a band of territory stretching across north-eastern Australia from Darwin to Brisbane are venturing into the night with torches and ...