Get Out Events, Hunting & Fishing Calendar: 11/22/09 Nov 22, 2009
Dec. 27 Cane Toads in Australia: the Un-natural History. Scientific Lecture Series for Adults, Powdermill Nature Reserve, Rector. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Alien Invasion? An Ecologist Doubts the Impact of Exotic Species Aug 15, 2009
BAD REPUTATION: Kimberley Toadbusters catch and kill invasive cane toads in Western Australia, but some scientists think fighting exotic species can be a waste of time and resourcesBRENDAN BORRELL. More to Explore. (Scientific American)
It's quiz time! Aug 14, 2009
Page last updated at 00:18 GMT, Friday, 14 August 2009 01:18 UK. Weekly world news quiz. (BBC News)
Rare Alpine Frog Bred in Australia Aug 5, 2009
Corroboree Frogs produce only about 25 eggs a year compared to the twenty thousand made by cane toads. The success of the captive population gives new hope to the species. (National Geographic)
Want a win? Well let me back at them Maroons Jul 12, 2009
It's time to show the Cane Toads who is boss. Cattledog. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Garrett plans a shooting party Jul 3, 2009
The fates of a veritable Noah's Ark of beasts, including feral camels, cane toads, island-based rodents and the ubiquitous rabbit, were sealed yesterday when the Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, announced $403 million in spending under its Caring for our Country program ... Thousands of cane toads will also be put to the sword in an attempt to stem their advance any further into northern NSW, with $2 million going to community groups to bolster their various anti-toad campaigns. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
California Fishy Tales Apr 28, 2009
in the US; gray squirrels in UK; and rabbits and cane toads in Australia. All are well-meaning but shortsighted transplants that have seriously hurt native species and the ecosystems that support them. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Cane Toads Threatened by Predatory ... Apr 5, 2009
Cane Toads Threatened by Predatory Meat Ants: Poisonous Bufo Marinus Toads Attacked by Scavenging Tropical Ants ... Cane Toads Threatened by Predatory Meat Ants ... Cane Toads Threatened by Predatory Meat Ants. (Suite101.com)
Horses always cause a stir - Thursday, April 2, 2009 Apr 2, 2009
No one gets worked up about the massacre of poisonous cane toads in Australia, for instance. Horses, both wild and domestic, evoke strong feelings in most people in a way few other animals can. (Missoulian, MT)
Aussie Meat Ants May Be Invasive Cane Toad's Achilles' Heel Apr 2, 2009
1, 2009) Ecologists in Australia have discovered that cane toads are far more susceptible to being killed and eaten by meat ants than native frogs ... Professor Rick Shine and his colleagues Georgia Ward-Fear, Matt Greenlees and Greg Brown from the University of Sydney's Team Bufo (from the Latin name for the toxic toad) compared habitat use and activity patterns in meat ants, metamorph cane toads and seven native Australian frog species ... They found that, unlike the native frogs, cane toads... (Science Daily)
The great Australian toad round-up Apr 2, 2009
Some of the thousands of cane toads caught by the residents of Cairns, Australia overnight and entered into the "Toad Day Out" program, await euthanasia ... On Sunday, thousands of the poisonous cane toads Down Under were put down under ... Thousands of poisonous cane toads met a poetic fate, as gleeful Australians gathered for a celebratory mass killing of the hated amphibians. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Australians kill thousands of pesky cane toads Apr 1, 2009
Thousands of poisonous cane toads met their fate Sunday as gleeful Australians gathered for a celebratory mass killing of the hated amphibians, with many of the creatures' corpses being turned into fertilizer for the very farmers they've plagued for years ... Cane toads are only harmful to humans if their poison is swallowed. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Australia targets toxic cane toads Mar 27, 2009
Cane toads are only harmful to humans if their poison is swallowed. The cane toad is probably the most disgusting creature and the most destructive creature, said Queensland politician Shane Knuth, a long-time loather of cane toads, who came up with the Toad Day Out idea ... No one knows exactly how many cane toads live in Australia. (Globe and Mail)
Readers Respond on "A Sunshade for Planet Earth" Mar 20, 2009
I am reminded of the scheme of introducing cane toads to Australia to combat pests: not only did the toads fail to control the pests, but they also became a major pest themselves. Action is needed against global warming, but geoengineering should be regarded as a last resort. (Scientific American)
Are We Bringing Our Germs to Mars? Feb 7, 2009
We only have to look back at the damage that invasive species have inflicted on virgin territory on our planet, like the infamous cane toads that ravaged Australia, to know what Earth bacteria could do on an alien surface. (). (Time.com)
