Animals

Arthritis hits growing cane toad population

Golf clubs, poison, freezing them to death in refrigerators - everyone knows it's impossible to wipe out cane toads. But nature may have finally found a way - bad backs.

Cheetahs get survival chance through Iran-West alliance

Iranian and Western wildlife experts are working together to save rare cheetahs from extinction in this arid, mountainous region, despite a nuclear row between their governments.

Pet cats a bigger danger to fish stocks than people

Pampered house cats may pose a bigger risk to world fish stocks than humans, Australian researchers said, with gourmet felines chewing through more than two million tonnes of seafood each year.