QUEENSLAND -- Australians love to scare overseas visitors with lurid tales of the deadly snakes, spiders, sharks and crocodiles lying in wait for them at the beach or in the bush. There is no doubt ...

The race will take place at the Pinctada Kimberley Grande hotel in Kununurra, raising funds for the Kimberley Toad Busters, which claims to have humanely culled 2.4 million of the pesky critters. The ...

It is early evening in Australia’s top end, and a hunter stalks its prey. Keenly alert, the northern quoll follows the sound of rustling in the leaf litter. It must be some kind of frog, the small ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Surfers Paradise resident pleaded for help after discovering cane toad spawn in their pool. Source: Facebook/Sam Stark Bellucci ...

The calls for assistance to halt the marching front of cane toads into Western Australia are sounding loudly from northern Australia. The issue is gaining a greater profile and activisits are moving ...

Residents in a New South Wales regional town are being asked to keep an eye out for an unwanted invader from up north, which, if not found, could wreak havoc. One of Australia's most destructive ...

The new strategy comes after recent research showed some native animal species adapt to cane toads in their environment, after an initial decrease in numbers. It proposes giving up on efforts to rid ...

On a tropical island off the Queensland coast, locals love to hate one of Australia's most infamous pests. For more than 50 years, revellers have flocked to Magnetic Island for its cane toad races — ...