Pest Control

Introduced to prime grazing paddocks in outback Queensland as part of efforts to reduce prickly acacia, camels are making short work of an issue costing farmers millions.

They may be river fish, but a truckload of Murray cod will make their new home in a volcanic crater to fight pests and attract tourists.

SA Health has relocated its staff in the Port Pirie Community Health administration building as the regional city battles a pigeon infestation of "plague proportions".

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.

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

European wasps are swarming regional Victoria, forcing businesses to close and residents to stay indoors, as unusually warm weather causes their numbers to spike.

Cats pose a real threat to native animals in Australia, but finding a one-size-fits-all approach is proving tricky.

Scientists say land managers in Queensland's Wet Tropics are winning the war against one of the world's worst invasive ant species but fear the gains could be lost if federal funding is allowed to run out.

The state government announces extra funding to help to tackle invasive fire ants, as the pests continue to take a toll on people, livestock and farmers' bottom lines.

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.

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,

Plant debris, insects and weed seeds can lurk under mudflaps and are all hard to spot with the untrained eye. But it's a job that English springer spaniel Alice was made for.

Kitted out with torches, gloves and buckets, hundreds of 'toad busters' will go on the hunt for a dangerous invader across northern Australia this week.

Australia's fire ant authority says "downright dangerous" misinformation spread on traditional and social media is hampering its efforts to eradicate the pest.

Snake season is upon us and experts say how you respond in the minutes after a bite could be the difference between life and death.

Three years after a tiny pest began killing trees across Perth, authorities are sticking to one method — cutting down established trees in the hope of eradicating the pest. With no silver bullet in sight, what will it take for Perth to learn to live with it? 

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is recruiting its first ever-ground shooting control team to help protect an estimated 1.5 billion native animals killed in Australia by feral cats each year.

A noxious pest from Africa has found its way onto the world's largest sand island, K’gari. Experts are calling for the invasive fish to be eradicated to stop it from threatening native species.

As the shot-hole borer continues to destroy trees across Perth, a scientific research firm is offering to trial a possible solution which kills the pest while keeping an infested tree alive.

A biosecurity analyst says cane toads have travelled long distances on cars trucks to end up in places where new populations would not be welcome.