MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- South Florida's recent heavy rain sets the perfect mood for giant toxic toads to breed. They're called Cane toads, or Bufo toads, and the invasive species can be deadly for cats ...

Large multi-year study shows that juvenile "taster toads" taught goannas to avoid eating poisonous cane toads, preventing population collapse A landmark study published in the journal Conservation ...

Rick Shine receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the University of Sydney. Eighty years ago, an agricultural scientist named Reginald Mungomery brought cane toads to Australia, ...

What I want to know is, who took the toads? You may recall my writing several times about the large toads, the exotic species called Bufo marinus, that inhabited — some people would say infested — my ...

“Who can I call to get rid of these monsters??? I’m dying over here and I have 3 dogs!” The distressed plea for help was posted late last month by Ohilda Gilbert, a real estate agent, on a Facebook ...

SANIBEL, Florida (WINK)-J.N. "Ding" Darling National WildlifeRefugeand the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation(SCCF)have discovereda population of giant toads,known as cane toads or marine ...

The hot and humid summer brings with it some threats to unsuspecting dogs and cats: Bufo toads and toxic mushrooms. These frogs are not native to Florida and were introduced in the early 1950s to kill ...

Thousands of invasive amphibians known as bufo toads, cane toads or giant marine toads are breeding in Florida. Without proper treatment, your pet could die in as little as 15 minutes if it bites or ...

As invasive species go, the cane toad is a monster. Introduced in northeastern Australia 70 years ago in a misguided attempt to control insects in sugar cane fields, the large toads have become a ...

Wildlife biologists recently discovered rare toads are naturally repopulating in a high mountain lake where captively raised tadpoles were transplanted for several years. Staff from the Colorado Parks ...

Scientists found a “cryptic” animal with a “squared snout” west of the Andes mountains and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View Image ...