ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In Florida, summer doesn't only mean humid temperatures and tropical storms. It also means an influx of an invasive frog species known as cane toads. Most active during the ...

STRAIGHT AHEAD. ALL RIGHT, IT IS SUMMER AND MOTHER NATURE ALWAYS TIPS US OFF WITH SOME MAJOR CLUES. IT IS HOT AND MUGGY, AND IT’S WHEN THE CANE TOADS COME OUT. WESH 2 NEWS MICHELLE MEREDITH IS LIVE IN ...

Cane toads secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.

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 ...

Scientists in Australia have come up with an unusual plan to save freshwater crocodiles that keep dying after eating invasive and poisonous toads. By filling dead toads with a chemical that makes the ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- South Florida's recent heavy rain sets the perfect mood for giant toxic toads to breed. They're called Cane toads, or Bufo toads, and the invasive species can be deadly for cats ...

The noise rose and fell in the night air, an odd, almost metallic whirring. Was it some nocturnal construction machinery? A descending spacecraft? It was nothing he'd ever heard in his quiet Cape ...

The poisonous cane toads population is on the rise in Southwest Florida. These toads hide in plain sight, in mulch and under bushes but the toxic cane toads can’t escape Scott Flavelle’s quick hands.

A new and unexpected obstacle is thwarting efforts to control the invasive cane toad populations in Australia: a potential ban on the most commonly used method for killing the animals -- carbon ...

They come out at night during the summer and creep around your neighborhood, slowly lumbering along as they basically eat anything that will fit in their fist-sized mouths. Like a smelly fog or a bad ...