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By removing a gene to stunt cane toads at their tadpole stage, scientists hope they may have found a way to make the invader ...
Scientists in Australia have genetically modified invasive cane toad eggs to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that never grow ...
Genetically modified, cannibal tadpoles may be the solution to Australia’s nearly century-old invasive cane toad problem.
With an estimated 200 million cane toads in Australia today, the pest poses a deadly threat to native fauna and impacts ecosystems. During the wet season, the Territory Wildlife Park in Berry ...
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 killing the animals -- carbon ...
Paul Mock filmed the toads riding the python as they fled rising waters on his property after a thunderstorm in Kununurra, Western Australia. South Korea's constitutional court has unanimously ...
Cassie Fenton, 29, recently moved to the Sunshine Coast and told Yahoo News she was shocked by the sheer number of the toads ...
Native to the southern U.S., Central America, and northern South America, these animals have spread to Australia and some islands in the South Pacific. Cane toads were deliberately introduced to ...
The deadly-when-eaten invasive amphibians that have been plaguing Australian wildlife for years continue to poison even after they’re dead. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with ...