What may work in Australia’s favor is that cane toads (Rhinella marina), have a weird quirk in their breeding habits, Throb reports. In what would prove to be a very bad idea, cane toads were released ...

Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killing native wildlife by training goannas to avoid eating the deadly amphibians. A landmark study ...

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.

It is early evening in Australia’s top end, and a hunter stalks its prey. Keenly alert, the northern quoll follows the sound of rustling in the leaf litter. It must be some kind of frog, the small ...

Australia’s inland edges are still, almost indifferent to change, where heat sits over the ground for long stretches and movement feels slow even when it is not. Yet in these same places, something ...

Eating rabbit, camel, carp, feral cat, deer and cane toad might sound extreme to some, but it's gaining attention as a solution to tackle the growing impact of invasive species. Now, Tony Armstrong ...

Large multi-year study shows that juvenile "taster toads" taught goannas to avoid eating poisonous cane toads, preventing population collapse A landmark study published in the journal Conservation ...