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It’s been about 90 years since Australia introduced tropical cane toads (Rhinella marina) onto Queensland farms. Around 2,400 toads were released into the wild in 1935 in an attempt to rein in ...
Invasive biologists have long tried to curb Australia’s cane toad population. The newest approach uses CRISPR gene-editing technology to create cannibalistic “Peter Pan” cane toad tadpoles: tadpoles ...
"We didn’t even know that hybridization occurred between the species, so documenting it certainly wasn’t on our mind." ...
Agriculture Minister Julie Collins has drawn attention to a botched attempt to circumvent Australia's biosecurity laws and ...
Biologists from The University of Texas at Arlington are the first to discover an invasive frog—the greenhouse frog—in the Marshall Islands, a sprawling Pacific nation of volcanic islands and ...
Scientists at a wildlife sanctuary in Australia found an odd-colored frog due to a rare mutation. A photo shows the “once-in-a-lifetime” sight. Photo from J. Barker and the Australian Wildlife ...