Pests

First introduced in Queensland to manage sugar cane, the invasive species now threatens biodiversity across various parts of Australia.

By using the amphibian's own toxic milk to attract them into funnel-shaped traps, locals are limiting the success of cane toad breeding.

BiodiversityWatch coordinator Graeme Sawyer is working with fellow Top End toad busters to trap cane toad tadpoles, minimising populations of the invasive pest.

Cane toad tadpoles are black in colour, while most native tadpoles are various shades of brown, and the juvenile pests have short tales compared to the length of their body.

Emma Smith, from City of Darwin, said the yellow-spotted monitor "is very susceptible to being killed by cane toads" when mistaking the pests for food.

Milk squeezed from the glands of cane toads could be key to controlling the invasive pests in Australia, with the toxic liquid being used to bait underwater traps.

Myrtle rust is a bright yellow-looking fungus originally from South America, infecting plants in the eucalypt family with sometimes devastating effect.

An appeal has been made to NSW parliament to scrap a bill recognising the heritage value of wild horses in the Kosciuszko National Park.

A routine survey confirms conservationists' hope that the apex predator will take care of its pest fish problems when big enough.

Kids at a small country school in Victoria's fruit bowl watch their iconic fruit fly warning sign come down — just as government funding to fight the pest runs out.

Keeping the ACT's deer population in check requires constant management, support and technology, including thermal-assisted aerial culling.  

Yellow crazy ants are one of the world's worst invasive species and they are spreading on the doorstep to K'gari, prompting calls for biosecurity improvements.

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.