Genetically modified, cannibal tadpoles may be the solution to Australia’s nearly century-old invasive cane toad problem.

The cane toad was introduced to Australia in the 1930s in an attempt to control sugar cane beetles. Since then, the poisonous ...

"For years I've been trying to reduce cane toad numbers ... According to WWF Australia, they were brought over in 1935 from Hawaiʻi to control cane beetle populations in sugar cane fields.

He said cane toad tadpoles were known to be voracious cannibals with a preference for snacking on their kin, both in egg and hatchling form. This is especially true in Australia where rates of ...

Credit: Tamati Smith That’s the promise of the Toad Containment Zone ... beetles eating Queensland’s sugar cane. Dr Jodi Rowley, a lead scientist at the Australian Museum and a co-founder ...