An introduction to the bufo or cane toad Cane toads were brought to Florida in the 50s to eat pests in sugar fields. Instead, the toxic species has injured and killed dogs and other pets.

Nintendo of Japan has released a new introduction video for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, its December-due Wii U game starring Toad from the Mario franchise. The game has Toad running about 70 ...

The ongoing epic of the cane toad foretells a grim future for ecologically sound management of introduced organisms Throughout warm, wet climates around the world lurks a camouflaged combatant seldom ...

Rick Shine receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Alice Russo and Peter White do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Brought in to address a problem, cane toads now represent ...

On two islands in the Indian Ocean, the toads just aren’t what they used to be. Less than a century after their introduction by humans, the islands’ toads have shrunk in size by about a third. The ...

The Irish Naturalists' Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that has published issues every year since 1925. It is unique in scope and content, covering all aspects of Natural History, and is ...

Ben Phillips receives funding from the Australian Research Council. For some unfathomable reason, cane toads stir the popular imagination. Most invasive species are simply not noticed by most of us, ...

While often confused, frogs and toads, both amphibians, exhibit distinct traits. Frogs boast smooth, moist skin and long legs for jumping and swimming, preferring wet habitats. Toads, conversely, have ...

Super Mario Run's Toad Rally mode has you competing against others for Toads to inhabit your Kingdom. The various buildings and unlocks for Kingdom Builder mode depend on your getting a specific ...

Copeia is an internationally respected, widely-cited quarterly that publishes original research on fishes, amphibians and reptiles, emphasizing systematics, ecology, conservation, behavior, genetics, ...

An introduction to the bufo, or cane toad Cane toads were brought to Florida in the 1950s in hopes that they would eat pests in sugar fields. Instead the toxic species has spread throughout Southwest ...