As soon as Colossal Biosciences declared that it brought the dire wolf back from extinction, everyone felt a sense of wonder.

Scientists have gene-edited a cane toad egg to prevent a hatchling growing past the tadpole stage. The gene knockout technique could be scaled up and potentially used to manage the invasive species.

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

He said cane toad tadpoles were known to be voracious cannibals with a preference for snacking on their kin, both in egg and hatchling form. This is especially true in Australia where rates of ...

A yellow poison dart frog (Dendrobatidae) hiding in the aquarium substrate. Image via Betty Wills (Atsme), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ...

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