Experts say that since the overpopulation of both affects native wildlife similarly, the country should use the same strategies in managing them. By Julia Bergin The Australia Letter is a weekly ...

Australia is baking through another extreme heat wave, with temperatures forecast to reach above 45°C for multiple days in a row across large swaths of the country. Heat waves are a deadly threat to ...

A biocontrol program has commenced on the South Coast, where Australian-bred parasitoid flies have been released to help control snail pests and protect crop yields, quality and growers' profitability ...

Cane toads are notorious pests in Australia, colonizing habitats and poisoning other wildlife. Park rangers euthanized the 5.95-pound animal,... Park rangers in northern Australia found a cane toad so ...

Victorian scientists are working to identify the pheromone that physiologically drives invasive sea stars to congregate en masse during mating, to help remove the pest from Australian marine areas and ...

Why should we care about new honeybee pests in Australia? After all, that country is halfway around the world from here and it even takes a couple of days to get there! Whether we like it or not, in ...