Cane toads are nocturnal and most often spotted at night. Why are cane toads in Florida important? The cane toad exhibits the usual traits of an invasive species.

I t’s often assumed that albino animals are rare in the wild because their lack of pigment makes them stick out in the ...

Cane toads have remarkable navigation abilities, even when their sense of smell and magnetic-sensory systems are compromised.

Macquarie University researchers used CRISPR technology to challenge textbook explanations for why albinism is rare in nature ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1935, 101 cane toads from Hawaii were set loose in Australia to help control beetles that were decimating the Australian sugar crop. But ...

Cane toad tadpoles have ravenous appetites already, so prolonging this life stage allows the modified hatchlings to devour as many as three times the toad eggs than normal.