Florida is often called the state with the most invasive animals, and a few of those are frogs and toads that have settled ...

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, ...

Invasive species are always disruptive to the native wildlife in the ecosystems they take over. However, their impact on humans and domesticated animals is usually more indirect. An exception is the ...

Kyoto, Japan -- 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 ...

Matthew Vella made a surprising discovery while searching for wildlife in Sydney's west. Source: Matthew Vella Whenever he ...

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 ...

A Melbourne scientist is splicing alpaca genes into frogs to help them fight off a killer fungus. The same technique could ...

Whenever he has a spare evening, Matthew Vella is out in bushland in Sydney's west conducting field research and surveying ...

Glenn Lawrence said he's never seen anything like it.

It began quietly, as many invasions do, unnoticed and underestimated. But the Asian black-spined toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, has since expanded across ecosystems far from its South Asian origins ...

Rangers in northeastern Australia were astonished when they stumbled across what may be the largest toad on record, weighing in at nearly 6 pounds. Dubbed "Toadzilla" by the rangers, the 2.7-kilogram ...