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.
Tag: pest
Nature & Wildlife
Jacarandas: icons or pests?
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.
Biodiversity
Feral cats hunting Leadbeater’s possums as they leave nest boxes
Camera footage captured attempts by feral cats to ambush the possum.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
How Aussie scientists used cane toads to confirm pregnancies
Cane toads are one of Australia’s most notorious pests, but back in the day Australian scientists found ways to make them useful.
Nature & Wildlife
How ‘secret agents’ protect our crops and gardens
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.
Nature & Wildlife
Australia’s destructive locusts
The Book of Exodus tells of locusts bringing disaster to Egypt’s farmers, and they remain a problem in many countries today, including Australia.
News
Put kangaroo meat on the menu, experts say
Kangaroo populations have continued to grow since 2010 and now experts are asking us to put more kangaroo on the plate. Would you?
Aussie invasion: 21 native species considered pests overseas
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.
News
Cane toads have adapted to our climate
Scientists say in the future cane toads will be relatively common and widespread.
News
New Zealand wants to be ‘predator-free’ by 2050
Possums, rats and stoats to be targeted in world-first large-scale pest eradication program across the ditch.