Cane toads secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the invasive creatures squatting in Florida is difficult to distinguish from its native cousin, poisonous, competitive and ...

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 ...

Tweed residents are invited to join the annual Community Cane Toad Control Challenge with 2 toad busting challenges this ...

The community is being asked to collect, euthanise and hand in the destructive pests as part of the annual Great Cane Toad ...

In 1978, cane toads, which are native to South and Central America, were introduced for pest control to Ishigaki island in Okinawa prefecture in Japan. These poisonous toads secrete deadly toxins, ...

SYDNEY – Thousands of poisonous cane toads met their fate Sunday as gleeful Australians gathered for a celebratory mass killing of the hated amphibians, with many of the creatures' corpses being ...

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, ECUADOR - JANUARY 17: A Manchineel tree, Hippomane mancinella, in Galapagos National Park on January 17, 2012. Manchineel trees, also known as Poison Apple Trees, are one of the ...

Townsville residents are being urged to join a community operation to control an invasive pests amid fears recent wet weather ...

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 ...

More than 1,000 cane toads have been caught at a community toad bust in Darwin's botanic gardens.