Authorities are warning that one of Australian’s most popular pets – the rose-ringed parakeet – could become our next “extreme” pest.
Jacaranda season is well and truly underway, and while you may think you know all there is to know about the iconic purple-flowered trees, there’s actually more to them than meets the eye.
Camera footage captured attempts by feral cats to ambush the possum.
Cane toads are one of Australia’s most notorious pests, but back in the day Australian scientists found ways to make them useful.
Insect pests cause a huge amount of damage to crops globally. In Australia alone, pests are responsible for around A$360 million of crop losses a year.
The Book of Exodus tells of locusts bringing disaster to Egypt’s farmers, and they remain a problem in many countries today, including Australia.
Kangaroo populations have continued to grow since 2010 and now experts are asking us to put more kangaroo on the plate. Would you?
Cane toads, rabbits, lantana…the destruction caused by introduced species to Australian shores is well known. But what about the impact of our natives overseas? Biologist Tim Low journeyed around the world to see just how damaging our flora and fauna have been to other ecosystems.
Scientists say in the future cane toads will be relatively common and widespread.
Possums, rats and stoats to be targeted in world-first large-scale pest eradication program across the ditch.