Since being introduced to Australia in 1935 to control a sugarcane beetle, the species has spread rapidly across the nation. Scientists says cane toads are evolving rapidly Cane toads threaten ...

in 1935 to exterminate cane beetles (Dermolepida albohirtum) that were ravaging newly planted sugarcane crops. However, this effort backfired, because cane toads showed no interest in the beetles ...

Researchers have discovered that cane toad tadpoles are cannibalistic and can help stop the spread of their fellow toads.