Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Genetically modified, cannibal tadpoles may be the solution to Australia’s nearly century-old invasive cane toad problem ...

However, what starts as innocent curiosity can take a dangerous turn if the toad happens to be toxic. Dr. Lance Wheeler, a clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary ...

Cane toads became pests after being introduced into Australia to control destructive beetles in Queensland’s sugarcane crops. Cane toads are capable of poisoning predators that try to eat them and ...

Scientists have gene-edited a cane toad egg to prevent a hatchling growing past the tadpole stage. The gene knockout technique could be scaled up and potentially used to manage the invasive species.

Quolls are threatened by the cane toad, which was introduced to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to control beetle pests that were devouring sugarcane roots. The experiment failed, with the toads ...

She points to Colossal’s partnership with the University of Melbourne to use gene editing to make the Australian quoll immune to the poison of the cane toad, a species introduced to the ...