Pests

The Tasmanian government is making changes to the rules for deer hunting in the state, but farmers say it won't be enough to bring numbers down, with the sector's peak body calling for the species to be declared a pest.

Scientists are working with promising new gene-based technology which could humanely control population growth by curbing the ability of feral rabbits to breed.

Scientists are using rabbit IVF and gene-editing technology to crash Australia's feral rabbit population by spreading infertility through female rabbits.

A mouse plague is invading farms and homes in southern and Western Australia. But what does that really look like?

Little penguin numbers on Kangaroo Island have rebounded, but estimates show there are only about 700 adult breeders after a harmful algal bloom.

Wild horse numbers in the NSW Snowy Mountains are back up with a reproductive control trial now being considered as aerial shooting has been confirmed to resume.

Mice in their millions are eating grain crops, destroying food, and invading houses. Here's how it all started.

Farm groups have welcomed the chemical regulator's long-awaited decision to approve double-strength mouse baits amid plague numbers in Western Australia and South Australia.

A South Australian landowner has spotted elk on her property, outside containment lines of deer farms. There are no known established wild elk herds in this state. 

A project is underway in western Queensland to control a major cactus invasion.  There are fears it could find its way into waterways which flow to Kati-Thanda-Lake Eyre.

After decades of fighting for their traditional fishing rights, Aboriginal custodians are now fighting to save their sea country from ecological collapse. 

Before roads and vehicles, teams of donkeys used to haul huge loads across remote parts of Western Australia. But the beloved animal became a declared pest that even the meat trade couldn't save.

Feral rabbits are causing damage on farms and in towns, but biological control research has been delayed by funding woes.

Weed and pest control programs have been cut in the federal budget as farmers and conservationists grapple with feral animals and noxious plants.

A severe mouse plague in the farming town of Morawa overwhelms homes, businesses and farms, prompting urgent calls for government assistance amid growing health concerns and rising economic losses.

Thrift store chain Savers Australia has denied there is evidence of bed bugs at their popular Brunswick shop, as allegations of an outbreak continue to circulate online.

Multiple locust swarms in South Australia's Riverland region have put farmers and authorities on alert, prompting the South Australian Plague Locust Commissioner to send surveying teams to the region.

PIRSA has confirmed surveying teams will head to the Riverland later this week.

Locust swarms have been captured in the Murtho area.

Some cotton farms in the Northern Territory have noticed a major increase in numbers of bicoloured weevils.