On the edge of a dark, suburban park in Brisbane, teams of volunteer toad-catchers gather around Gary King as he shoves another squirming specimen into a cooler box. “Who’s got some more?” asks King, ...

The state government is in full panic mode and millions of dollars are being invested on a biological weapon to kill the pests. Even community groups are being funded by the state to help combat the ...

Slideshow: The Cane Toad When Australian scientists failed to find a virus to control one of the most insidious invasive species, they decided to build one. Is it worth the risk? All photos by Brendan ...

For the first time in history a toxic and very unwelcome hitchhiker has been captured at one of Australia’s most remote ...

QUEENSLAND, Australia (WKRC/CBS Newspath) - Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-setting giant toad deep inside a rainforest in the country’s state of Queensland. Dubbed ...

The biggest toad in history may have just been discovered at a national park in Queensland, Australia. It's so massive that when a park ranger discovered it, all she could do was gasp at its size. The ...

In the wild rainforest of Australia’s north, park rangers have stumbled upon a predator so large they felt they had no choice but to dub it Toadzilla. The giant cane toad was discovered Jan. 12 by ...

"I will not go toad busting and definitely not take children toad busting if we have to bash the cane toads on the head," said KTB indigenous team leader Gorgina Wilson in the statement. "It does not ...

Foreword / by Harry W. Greene -- Preface -- 1. An ecological catastrophe -- 2. How the cane toad came to Australia -- 3. Arrival of cane toads at Fogg Dam -- 4. How cane toads have adapted and ...

An Australian park ranger following a snake is being credited with catching what might be the world’s biggest toad. Dubbed “Toadzilla,” the cane toad weighed in at 2.7 kilograms, or 5.95 pounds.