Pests can cause sudden and significant damage to homegrown food, but a little planning and intervention can help you cut your losses.
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Aerial baiting has been Australia’s foremost weapon against pest species for the past 74 years. But at what cost?
Insects are essential to the functioning of land and freshwater ecosystems but species populations are being lost at a rapid rate globally.
Savvy female stable flies prefer to lay their eggs on donkey and sheep dung. Knowing where they choose to do this will help us manage disease.
Countries should promote alternatives to pesticides and more carefully examine how to prevent insect invasions in the first place
If harm to native wildlife is the main concern then there are much bigger targets for control than grey squirrels.
Millions of dollars are being spent on trying to eradicate fire ants from Australia. But that might not be the only way to deal with the invasive pest.
Genetic analysis shows that urban rats prefer to stay near their relatives; however, some of them migrate. Knowing this could help with pest control efforts.
Invasive pest ants cause billions of dollars worth of damage to crops, and threaten some of Australia’s World Heritage rainforests. The federal budget has pledged nearly $30m on wiping them out – but how?
A barrier just 50km wide might stop water-reliant cane toads in their tracks.
By finding out more about the cat flea, researchers could maybe identify better pest control measures.
A tree-killing beetle has invaded South Africa. This is what should be done.
According to experts, ladybirds are no more dangerous than they were before.
An AC/DC-loving biologist tests the band’s 1980 assertion that “rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution.” Turns out it can be – and the negative effects of noise can ripple through an ecosystem.
Aphids often appear in swarms around May and June but what risk do they pose to plants?
Why you should consider a live-and-let-live policy with the spiders you encounter in your home.
The oak processionary moth established itself in the UK a decade ago, ahead of the parasitoids that would normally keep its numbers in check.
New cane toad traps that carefully imitate mating males successfully target breeding females. Males, meanwhile, will turn up for anything that sounds remotely like a toad.
The beetle and the fungus have devastated trees in California in the US as well as in Israel. Now they’re in South Africa.
Crop losses in African countries due to insect pests are estimated at 49%. However, with some species losses can climb up to 100%.
Top contributors
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of York
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Adjunct Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Science Director, Biosecurity Flagship, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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PhD researcher, University of Utah
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Research Scientist Invasive Species, CSIRO
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Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, James Cook University
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Professor of Aquatic Biosciences, Nord University
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Research Fellow, School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne
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CSIRO
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Evolutionary Ecology, Griffith University
