Biosecurity
‘Don’t belong here’: Croc captured in Newcastle park
Wildlife carers are working to find a permanent home for the reptile abandoned in a suburban waterway.
- Jack Gramenz
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Bat cave footage shows disease spread risk for first time
Camera traps were set up outside Uganda's "Python Cave".
Fire ant eradication attempts may be helping the invaders, study finds
Mass pesticides could be killing the ants’ predators and wasting millions of dollars, according to a new study on the contentious national program.
- Julius Dennis
‘Complacency crept in’: Australia defenceless against feral rabbit boom
Lack of research and development funding has left Australia without its key weapon against exponential growth of one of the most devastating pests.
- Mike Foley
Kylie’s yard is usually full of magpies. Now they’re dying, and she wants answers
In the last two weeks, Kylie Conroy has counted more than 30 birds that have died in her Inala backyard or been taken to the RSPCA wildlife hospital.
- Julius Dennis
New Perth quarantine zones quietly adopted as shot-hole borer march advances into hills
The state has binned its old A and B quarantine zones in place for the past two years.
- Hamish Hastie
One of Australia’s worst pests is on the march to the Pilbara. But we have a ‘unique’ chance to stop them
A new study predicts that without containment efforts, cane toads will infest up to 75 per cent of the Pilbara within three decades.
- Holly Thompson
Could we vaccinate wild populations against the looming bird flu catastrophe?
The deadly H5N1 bird flu has spread across much of the world, killing millions of birds and tens of thousands of mammals. How will Australia respond?
- Bianca Hall
Government ‘won’t give up’ on US tariff reprieve after Trump celebrates end of beef ban
The Albanese government has insisted the move has nothing to do with trade talks with the US but the White House has vowed to use it to pressure other countries.
- Nick Newling and Matthew Knott
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- Trade
Pistol and Boo should have disguised themselves as (maybe mad) cows
Australia’s strict quarantine authorities famously booted out the movie star dogs. A few years later they are overturning a ban on US beef. We’re truly living in Trumpworld now.
- Tony Wright