Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Rhonda Holland watched in astonishment as a cane toad on her Seminole Heights porch consumed an entire chicken bone in one gulp. “It freaked me out that he ate the whole thing like that ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. An enormous "toadzilla" cane toad, one of the world's most invasive species, has been discovered sitting by the side of a forest ...

Particularly during the rainy season, four-legged friends in the Sunshine State are under threat from an invasive species known as the cane toad, which can kill a small animal in just minutes just ...

Here are five things to know about the non-native, invasive toad and the dangers it poses to pets: Cane toads are reddish-brown to grayish-brown with a light-yellow or beige belly, according to ...

“Who’s got some more?” asks King, a local leader of this year’s Great Cane Toad Bust, a small and ultimately futile campaign to dent Australia’s massive invasive population of some 200 ...

What's believed to be the largest-ever toad recorded was captured in Australia. It was a cane toad, an invasive species known for its poisonous glands. Toadzilla stalks no longer. The cane toad is ...

Here’s how it works. Australia is about to embark on a massive annual cane toad killing spree — known as the Great Cane Toad Bust — to put a dent in the numbers of this invasive pest.

Park rangers in northern Australia found a cane toad so giant that it provoked gasps and disbelief. The toad, which the rangers nicknamed "Toadzilla," weighed in at what's believed to be a record- ...

In a tweet on Thursday, the department said rangers “were shocked to find a monster cane toad.” Ranger Kylee Gray said team came across the mammoth creature when she left their vehicle as they ...

Naples experienced its rainiest day since 2005 on June 11 with 3.9 inches in one day. Our rainy climate is the perfect breeding ground for invasive and toxic cane toads, which can kill pets in a ...