Outfoxed: the ‘smart’ ferals are adapting to Australian cities, and wreaking havoc in the bush
It’s not entirely clear if fox numbers are on the rise in urban areas, but research shows they are learning to avoid hazards such as dogs and poisonous baits
The rural network
Goats of gold: Australia’s feral goat problem has become a $235m export trade
Australia is the world’s largest exporter of goat meat despite accounting for just 0.4% of total global production – and it’s mostly from wild herds
The rural network
ACT moves to protect dingoes after genetic study into animals in Namadgi national park
There’s officially just one classification for ‘wild dogs/dingoes’, which lists them as pests
June 2024
Fire ants could be spreading on Australian military bases due to ‘massive surveillance failure’, experts say
The age of extinction
How do you put pigeons on the pill? Scientists test contraceptives to curb pest numbers
On our plate
‘Anything can be edible’: how Italians are making a meal of invasive crabs
Giant, invasive joro spiders to spread on US east coast – but pose no huge threat
May 2024
Fire ants found on Sunshine Coast as dangerous pest continues to spread
Broadscale treatment under way after nests found at Nirimba in Queensland’s south-east
More than 5,000 feral horses culled in Kosciuszko national park since aerial shooting resumed
Conservationist says for first time number of animals removed exceeds annual population growth
The truth about Asian hornets: how terrified should humans and honeybees actually be?
Tokyo battles surge of destructive raccoons that went from pet to pest
The rural network
Work under way to bridge 32km gap in NSW dog fence – but ecologists say it should be taken down
April 2024
Tiny freshwater Snowy Mountains fish faces extinction, environmentalists say
Experts say discovery of fire ants in Murray Darling Basin should be ‘ringing alarm bells’
Cost of fire-ant outbreak in Australia could be much higher than ‘flawed’ earlier prediction, data shows
UK invertebrate of the year
Chris Packham on the Asian hornet: there are bigger enemies than these bovver buzzers
UK invertebrate of the year
The voracious Asian hornet – the invertebrate symbol of our dark times
Early warning system to track Asian hornets unveiled by UK researchers
First Dog on the Moon
A fire ant and a feral horse walk into a bar …
March 2024
Asian hornet may have become established in UK, sighting suggests
Predatory species, which poses huge danger to bee populations, spotted on 11 March, indicating winter stay
