Pests

Two invasive fire ant nests are found and destroyed at Palmview, on the Sunshine Coast, where locals are concerned for the safety of children living and playing in the area.

Locals in a South Australian town known for its silo art fear visitors are being driven away by the "toxic" smell created by hundreds of pigeons roosting in a derelict building.

Research tracking released bilbies and bettongs in remote SA has found feral cats are their biggest killer.

Stopping thousands of bees from starving during drought will be easier for commercial beekeepers, as Biosecurity Queensland relaxes varroa mite rules around moving hives.

More than 100 trees infested with polyphagous shot-hole borer are saved by a Perth council during a four-month chemical injection trial.

By removing a gene to stunt cane toads at their tadpole stage, scientists hope they may have found a way to make the invader kill its own species.

Specialist shooters are using cameras and thermal imaging to track down feral cats throughout New South Wales, killing 400 animals since October.

Feral deer populations are booming in Queensland, damaging farms and costing millions, but some are turning them into a business opportunity.

The insect said to threaten the food security of 600 million people globally may have met its match in the form of several native Australian fungi and bacteria.

Releasing 10,000 of microscopic wasps into a home may not sound like the most obvious way to tackle a moth infestation, but it is an effective one.

Fire ants join together to raft to new locations after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred flooded farmland at Allenview, in Queensland's Scenic Rim.

Farmers and conservation managers say the Cook government's toughened gun laws will dramatically reduce people's ability to control feral animals.

Adelaide Hills apple grower Gavin Plummer shows ruined apples in his orchard, in what he describes as one of the worst years for bird damage. He believes the ongoing drought in SA is sending more birds into orchards in search of food.

For thousands of years farmers have kept cats for their talents at catching rats and mice, and now there are calls for people working the land to be able to claim tax deductions their health and upkeep,

The fight against shot-hole-borer is being hampered by the use of NDAs hiding the location of infected trees, two Perth mayors say.

A team on Kangaroo Island is making a final push to eradicate feral cats using specially trained hounds and high-tech traps.

Greg Locke is battling fire ants as he works to clean up flood damage around his Bundamba home.

Some Queenslanders are experiencing a new and unpleasant threat in the wake of this week's floods.

NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe has indicated that the wild horse management program at Kosciuszko National Park is ahead of schedule and that between 3,000 and 4,000 animals remain.

An experienced South Australian snake catcher has spent a week in hospital after being bitten by a lice-infested snake he was treating with a bath.