Zombie ants found in Top End
Strange-looking ants being controlled by a fungus have been discovered on Jawoyn country in the Northern Territory during a Bush Blitz expedition.
Tag: invasive species
Bird flu ‘panic’: Dire advice to pet owners not to release exotic birds into Aussie bush
Authorities are warning that one of Australian’s most popular pets – the rose-ringed parakeet – could become our next “extreme” pest.
Unprecedented biosecurity response hopes to tackle wood-boring beetle outbreak
It is only the size of a sesame seed but a tiny beetle that has entered Australia could change the way our cities look.
Alien invasion: which foreign species might enter Australia next?
Australia is renowned for its native flora and fauna, but did you know the continent is also home to about 3,000 “alien” species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes?
Stopping cane toads from advancing across northern Australia
Scientists have launched a new weapon in the fight to keep cane toads from reaching the Pilbara, in north-west WA.
Nature & Wildlife
Fire ants jump Queensland border into NSW
Fire ants have crossed the Queensland–NSW border for the first time since the infestation of the invasive species began, with the potential to devastate Australia’s natural environment and agriculture industry.
Nature & Wildlife
Australia’s least wanted – 8 alien species and diseases we must keep out of our island home
Here we take a closer look at some pests and diseases we need to keep out at all costs, to protect our biodiversity.
Nature & Wildlife
Bumblebees with backpacks
Right now in Tasmania’s south a group of queen bumblebees are sporting the very latest in insect fashion.
Biodiversity
Native rats reclaim Sydney territory from black rats
In the battle of the rats, our humble Aussie bush rat has successfully pushed out and held off the much larger black rat at North Head Sanctuary in Sydney.
Nature & Wildlife
Biosecurity experts tell Australians to keep an eye out for giant snails
Australians have been urged to keep an eye out for invasive, disease-carrying giant snails with a huge appetite for over 500 plant species.