Ninety years ago, cane toads were introduced to Australia to fix a beetle problem - but it quickly turned into one of the ...

To combat this, researchers are testing innovative solutions, such as“cane toad sausages”, to train native mammals and reptiles to avoid the toxic toads. Could invasive species belong on our ...

To combat this, researchers are testing innovative solutions, such as “cane toad sausages”, to train native mammals and reptiles to avoid the toxic toads. While we may accept animals like cows ...

These large lizards actively pursue live prey (the team originally tried cane toad sausages, but the aversion didn’t stick). So the team utilized young, nonlethal “trainer toads.” ...

that animal won’t go for a cane toad because it’s already tried a sausage and felt sick,” said Sara McAllister, an invasive species project officer from the Western Australia Department of ...