Institute for Molecular Bioscience

Cane Toad Challenge

  • New lure deal may curb spread of cane toads

    Published on: 22 September 2021
    Australia may soon have the jump on cane toads after a not-for-profit was granted an exclusive licence to market an IMB-designed bait for the invasive pests.
  • The Cane Toad Challenge empowers the public to trap the poisonous cane toad's tadpoles.

    Citizen science grant boosts eradication of cane toads

    Published on: 26 July 2019
    Professor Rob Capon's UQ Cane Toad Challenge has been boosted by a Queensland Citizen Science grant.

  • IMB's Cane Toad Challenge research project

  • A cane toad

    UQ Research Impact: An ugly menace

    Published on: 7 November 2016
    In a world-first, IMB's Professor Rob Capon and his team are working with industry and the community to implement a discovery that turns cane toads’ own toxin against them, with real potential to eradicate this long-term pest.
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    Queenslanders to battle cane toads

    Published on: 10 June 2016
    Queensland researchers have made a big leap forward in their quest to eradicate the billions of cane toads wreaking havoc on our native wildlife and habitats.

    Environmentally friendly cane toad traps – developed by a team of researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Sydney – are one step closer to production, following an agreement between UQ and US-based pest control company, SpringStar Inc.

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