Getting the jump on evolution: Cane toads adapt at speed

A new study comparing invasive cane toads in Japan and Australia has found substantial changes in body size and shape have ...

Giant invasive toads in Japan are rapidly getting bigger and scientists don’t know why

Invasive cane toads in Japan are growing bigger and changing more rapidly than suggested by long-held theories about the pace ...
Science Friday

How Cannibalistic Tadpoles Could Curb Invasive Cane Toads

South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t care much for the beetles, but they did spread ...
CNN

Newly identified species of Tanzanian tree toad leapfrog the tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets

Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just a few ...
NPR

Toads have found their way to 6 out of the 7 continents ... so far

Toads have taken over the world - for real. This isn't some horror movie I'm talking about. This is actually happening, people. Don't freak out, but toads have found their way onto six out of the ...

Could gene-edited ‘super quolls’ fight back against cane toads?

This marsupial carnivore is endangered, mainly because it tries to eat toxic cane toads. Some scientists think they can stave ...