Deer on rock shelf near Wollongong pool highlights urban pest problem
It was a regular a sunny winter morning on Wollongong’s Blue Mile as people walked their dogs, swam…
Birds return to Little Dog Island in Bass Strait after feral cats eradicated
Penguins have been sighted on a remote Bass Strait island for the first time in decades after the…
Australian grey-headed flying fox economic and ecological value of poo revealed
Bats are often thought of as smelly, ugly and noisy, but a study has revealed their poo could…
Feral rabbit numbers are booming, so do myxomatosis and calicivirus still work, and what’s next for biocontrol?
If you’ve noticed more feral rabbits around than usual, you’re right. Much of Australia is experiencing a bunny…
North West Island on the Great Barrier Reef declared rat-free
North West Island is home to hundreds of thousands of vulnerable seabirds and nesting turtles on the Great…
More than 1,000 cane toads captured in first Darwin botanic gardens bust in years
The first cane toad bust in more than a decade at Darwin’s George Brown Botanic Gardens has found…
Mouse numbers on the rise, farmers told to be on alert
Scientists are urging farmers to look out for mice this harvest season as the threat of a pest…
Study tracks how foxes ‘colonised’ Australia and grew to a population of 1.7 million
A nationwide program has mapped how foxes spread from south-eastern Australia to as far away as the Pilbara…
First survey in five years shows feral deer population boom in Tasmania
Tasmania’s feral deer population has had an “unanticipated” increase of nearly 20,000 in a five-year period. An aerial…