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 ...

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

SANIBEL, Florida (WINK)-J.N. "Ding" Darling National WildlifeRefugeand the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation(SCCF)have discovereda population of giant toads,known as cane toads or marine ...

Thousands of invasive amphibians known as bufo toads, cane toads or giant marine toads are breeding in Florida. Without proper treatment, your pet could die in as little as 15 minutes if it bites or ...

Large multi-year study shows that juvenile "taster toads" taught goannas to avoid eating poisonous cane toads, preventing population collapse A landmark study published in the journal Conservation ...

“Who can I call to get rid of these monsters??? I’m dying over here and I have 3 dogs!” The distressed plea for help was posted late last month by Ohilda Gilbert, a real estate agent, on a Facebook ...

The hot and humid summer brings with it some threats to unsuspecting dogs and cats: Bufo toads and toxic mushrooms. These frogs are not native to Florida and were introduced in the early 1950s to kill ...

Wildlife biologists recently discovered rare toads are naturally repopulating in a high mountain lake where captively raised tadpoles were transplanted for several years. Staff from the Colorado Parks ...

Scientists found a “cryptic” animal with a “squared snout” west of the Andes mountains and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View Image ...

What I want to know is, who took the toads? You may recall my writing several times about the large toads, the exotic species called Bufo marinus, that inhabited — some people would say infested — my ...

Tyler Arnold, left, Jared Watson, center, and Cody Edwards search for boreal toads in the Monte Cristo Range on Thursday, July 12, 2017. Biologists from around the state are studying the rare ...

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