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, ...

Albino cane toads created using gene-editing technology reveal that albino animals face competitive disadvantages going far beyond their vulnerability to predators, according to new research published ...

For the first time in history a toxic and very unwelcome hitchhiker has been captured at one of Australia’s most remote ...

Whenever he has a spare evening, Matthew Vella is out in bushland in Sydney's west conducting field research and surveying the area for frogs, snakes and other reptiles and amphibians. But a recent ...