PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) - Rarely has an ecological menace appeared as entertaining as portrayed in "Cane Toads: The Conquest," Mark Lewis' follow-up documentary to his 1988 film "Cane ...

A roar went up inside the Eccles theater on Tuesday night as director Mark Lewis humorously introduced his 3D documentary on Australian cane toads. “Welcome to ‘Ava-toad,'” he said. The world debut of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Brought in to address a problem, cane toads now represent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control sugarcane beetles, but the toads ignore the beetles while decimating ...

This is the story of a toad named Baz, who has suddenly, for no good reason which is apparent, disappears. As Baz is gone, the story of the theories put forth to his possible plight is told by his ...

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.

The Rhinella marina, commonly known as the cane toad, is one of the world’s most invasive amphibians. Native to parts of Central and South America, this large toad was introduced to countries such as ...