Researchers in Australia concerned about the sharp decline of freshwater crocodiles who eat a toxic, invasive toad species have come up with a stomach-churning way for the reptiles to help themselves.

In 1935, native beetles were wreaking havoc on Australia’s sugar cane crops in Queensland. The beetle larvae lived in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists document cannibalism in an Atacama toad for the first time, observed in a pond in the Chilean desert.

Behind a gate at the edge of the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance in City Park is the Boreal Toad Conservation Center, a building colloquially known by zoo staff as the “Toad Barn.” Inside, awkward ...

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