Are cane toad traps viable? Mr Sawyer has been collaborating with the City of Darwin to remove 900 cane toads from East Point and another 900 from Jingili Water Gardens this year alone.

The cane toad exhibits the usual traits of an invasive species. It breeds prolifically throughout the year, eating a wide range of native animals, including reptiles, small mammals, and even frogs.

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 ...

They are taking part in the Great Cane Toad Bust, an annual attempt to keep a lid on the population of these invasive, toxic amphibians. Toads thus caught will be killed humanely by being chilled ...

SYDNEY -- For decades, the poisonous cane toad has plagued Australians, breeding rapidly, eating voraciously and bestowing death upon most animals that dare consume it. So officials came up with a ...