Credit: Etienne Littlefair It’s been about 90 years since Australia introduced tropical cane toads (Rhinella marina) onto Queensland farms. Around 2,400 toads were released into the wild in 1935 ...

A new and unexpected obstacle is thwarting efforts to control the invasive cane toad populations in Australia: a potential ban on the most commonly used method for ...

The relentless swarm of cane toads (Rhinella marina) conquering Australia may soon be hobbled by an enemy from within. Plans are afoot that could see special toads released that could help stop ...

But in the dry season in the outback, a single leak from a bore can keep 1000 cane toads alive until the next big wet. Stop a drip from an irrigation pipe and cane toads will perish within three ...

It's a classic souvenir in tourist traps from Caloundra to Cape York. But cane toads don't stuff themselves. In north Queensland on a 30-hectare rainforest block at Garradunga, Jack Hasenpusch has ...

"Later on, the numbers [of cane toads] just go down — we got used to it and live among them." Ms Johnstone said there was hope for the island. "It's looking pretty good now," she said.