Professor Rick Shine wins Prime Minister's Prize for Science for work on cane toads

By Marcus Strom
Updated October 20 2016 - 1:14pm, first published October 19 2016 - 5:00pm
Professor Rick Shine with his cane toad Galadriel in his Sydney University lab. Photo: Steven Siewert
Professor Rick Shine with his cane toad Galadriel in his Sydney University lab. Photo: Steven Siewert
"She has beautiful eyes," Professor Shine said of Galadriel. Photo: Steven Siewert
"She has beautiful eyes," Professor Shine said of Galadriel. Photo: Steven Siewert
Professor Rick Shine taking field notes in the tropics.  Photo: University of Sydney
Professor Rick Shine taking field notes in the tropics. Photo: University of Sydney
Bryan Fry with a yellow-spotted monitor lizard in the Pilbara in 2005. This peak predator has been 'hammered' by the cane toad, Associate Professor Fry said.
Bryan Fry with a yellow-spotted monitor lizard in the Pilbara in 2005. This peak predator has been 'hammered' by the cane toad, Associate Professor Fry said.

"We're just going to have to learn to live with them." That's the verdict on cane toads from this year's winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Science.

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