In 1935, native beetles were wreaking havoc on Australia’s sugar cane crops in Queensland. The beetle larvae lived in the soil and chewed on sugarcane roots, stunting growth or killing the plants.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the wild rainforest of Australia’s north, park rangers have stumbled upon a predator so large they felt they had no choice but ...

Foreword / by Harry W. Greene -- Preface -- 1. An ecological catastrophe -- 2. How the cane toad came to Australia -- 3. Arrival of cane toads at Fogg Dam -- 4. How cane toads have adapted and ...

Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control sugarcane beetles, but the toads ignore the beetles while decimating the ecosystem they were meant to protect. Instead, they became a highly ...