Cane toads are a real Aussie success story – for themselves, at least. But research has produced a new kind of trap that may help stop their insidious march south.
The new traps imitate cane toads’ mating calls and also use UV lights to attract insects, enticing both male and female toads to the trap.
There are too many toads in...
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