A narrow patch of land stands between the invasive species and the Pilbara – 27 million hectares where native species thrive. A new program taking aim at the cane toads’ Achilles heel.

When threatened or startled, the Colorado River toad (also called the Sonoran desert toad) exudes 5-MeO-DMT, a hallucinogenic compound that discourages predators, from glands in its skin. Similar ...

For generations, Nevada’s big-eyed, black-freckled Dixie Valley toad thrived in a small desert oasis, hidden from humans. But by the time scientists described it in 2017, the toad was already ...

protecting one of the few remaining toad populations within the California Desert Conservation Area. And in 2005, we worked to maintain Angeles National Forest closures to off-road vehicles along ...

That’s what the toad is all about: dying with dignity, and not being afraid of dying," he added. The Sonoran Desert toad has secretions which produce a hallucinogen known as 5-MeO-DMT ...

About 600 kilometres south in the Great Sandy Desert, the Paruku Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is gearing up for a cane toad surge. Paruku, or Lake Gregory, is the only lake in the semi-arid ...

“Toad cured Tyson’s Parkinson’s so that he could come back and fight,” referring to the psychedelic properties of venom from Sonoran Desert toads. The statement quickly went ...