Researchers looking for ways to eradicate toxic cane toads have found a way to trap them using ultra-violet "disco" lights. Introduced from Hawaii in 1935, the pests are now an environmental menace, spreading in the millions across Australia's tropical north. Cane toads, some as big as dinner plates, can even kill crocodiles and wild dogs with their hallucinogenic venom.

Researchers looking for ways to eradicate toxic cane toads have found a way to trap them using ultra-violet "disco" lights, Introduced from Hawaii in 1935, the pests are now an environmental menace, spreading in the millions across Australia's tropical north. Cane toads, some as big as dinner plates, can even kill crocodiles and wild dogs with their hallucinogenic venom.

A former Andersen Consulting employee who used a "shopaholic defense" for stealing from the company gets five years probation. Elizabeth Roach says chronic depression led her to wild shopping sprees using money she stole from work - approximately $250,000.

A survey reveals lions in Tanzania are killing people three times more often than they did 15 years ago. Villagers and wildlife officials are actively hunting these man-eating lions. Research by the University of Minnesota's Lion Research Center and Tanzania's Wildlife Research Institute, published in the science journal Nature

A survey reveals lions in Tanzania are killing people three times more often than they did 15 years ago. Villagers and wildlife officials are actively hunting these man-eating lions. Research by the University of Minnesota's Lion Research Center and Tanzania's Wildlife Research Institute, published in the science journal Nature