Joshua Prieto / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Scientists in Australia have genetically modified invasive cane toad eggs to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that never grow up—they ...

Scientists have knocked out genes that trigger cane toad tadpoles to turn into active toads, turning them into "Peter ...

In the Sestroretsk Bog reserve, “toads migrate from the forest to the bay in the spring, reproduce in the reed beds in the coastal strip, lay eggs, and then, somewhere in mid-May, they leave the water ...

By removing a gene to stunt cane toads at their tadpole stage, scientists hope they may have found a way to make the invader ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Genetically modified, cannibal tadpoles may be the solution to Australia’s nearly century-old invasive cane toad problem ...

A single cane toad can lay a clutch of more than 30,000 eggs, so manual control methods have struggled to keep up with their population growth.Instead, biologists are turning to gene editing. Rick ...