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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Another one of these unwelcome invaders is the cane toad, also known as bufo toad, marine toad, or giant toad. This species is ...

Florida has spent decades battling invasive species, including Burmese pythons, Argentine tegus, green iguanas, Nile monitors, rhesus macaque monkeys, and lionfish. These non-native species disrupt ...

Besides the Florida heat, cane toads are also potentially fatal for your pet. The non-native toad secretes a potent toxin called bufotoxin that can severely sicken or even kill your pets if ingested.

The Rhinella marina, commonly known as the cane toad, is one of the world’s most invasive amphibians. Native to parts of Central and South America, this large toad was introduced to countries such as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Brought in to address a problem, cane toads now represent ...

South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t care much for the beetles, but they did spread ...