Australia's native animals are being fed nauseating sausages of cane toad meat in a bid to train them against eating the foul, toxic species as it spreads into new areas, researchers said on Tuesday.
Ecology
Nov 27, 2012
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An endemic mammal has been re-discovered in the eastern Kimberley, almost a century after its last recorded sighting.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- An effective new weapon in the fight against the spread of cane toads has been developed by the University of Sydney, in collaboration with the University of Queensland.
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2012
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An invasive plant may have saved an iconic Australian lizard species from death at the hands of toxic cane toads, according to research published in the March issue of The American Naturalist. It's an interesting case of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2012
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Sydney University biologists have discovered cane toad tadpoles (Bufo marinus) communicate using chemicals excreted into the water, a finding that may help to impede the Cane Toad invasion of the Kimberley.
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2011
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A chemical produced naturally by cane toad tadpoles may one day be used to help control the invasive species, according to new research published today.
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Sydney researchers have identified two new parasite species causing disease among endangered Australian frogs. They say they are most likely native, overturning a commonly held view they were ...
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Speed and the mating habits of the Australian cane toad are set to expand the theory of evolution according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
Evolution
Mar 23, 2011
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Australia's popular Kimberley wilderness region has resorted to a long knee-high fence to keep out the poisonous cane toad, which is rapidly overrunning the tourist attraction.
Ecology
Mar 15, 2011
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The aggressive and invasive Asian honey bee could become as bad a pest in Australia as the cane toad, a senator warned Wednesday, adding that the insect could threaten the country's food supply.
Ecology
Mar 2, 2011
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