Scientists in Australia have genetically modified invasive cane toad eggs to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that never grow ...

Boffins in Australia engineered cane toad tadpoles to stay juvenile and eat toad eggs, using their natural cannibalism to ...

The cane toad containment zone is exploiting a naturally ... Front-line toads are bigger than others, have longer legs, carry more poison in the paratoid glands near their ears and are more ...

He was agitated from the get go. He immediately started secreting out poison from his glands on either side. Cane toads are poisonous to most animals. Janine Tilford is founder of Toad Busters.

Cane toads make life difficult for Australian native animals. Even crocodiles die if they eat the poisonous toads. For many decades, scientists have been trying to find a way to control the ...

Scientists have gene-edited a cane toad egg to prevent a hatchling growing past the tadpole stage. The gene knockout technique could be scaled up and potentially used to manage the invasive species.