Eating insects is often seen as a last resort when people are starving, and yet, in the countries where they are widely consumed, they are often a rare delicacy, even a luxury.
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Mozzies are causing Buruli ulcers in more parts of Australia. New research suggests a mosquito control can help reduce risks in future.
Calling an animal a ‘pest’ can sometimes cause more harm to people than the animal itself.
Would you be happier checking mouse traps than emails?
Adding feral cats to the Predator Free 2050 hit-list may be justified – but it also forces us to confront uncomfortable questions about animal welfare.
Scientists have learned how to turn off moths’ sex signals – this could help farmers fight pests without pesticides.
For many dairy farmers, the solution to their rodent problem isn’t poison – it’s working cats. But at present, there are no tax deductions for their care.
Discussions about the rules governing genetic technology in New Zealand remain complex. But they need not be marked by conflict, as long as people’s views and values are genuinely considered.
Research shows wasps are active and useful predators of caterpillars on crop plants, but we need to know more about their full biocontrol potential.
Using birth control to manage rat infestations is a temporary and inefficient approach. Any successful rat management programs would require multiple collaborative approaches.
Modern rodenticides can kill rats with a single dose and readily pass up the food chain to larger carnivores. They are widely used and largely unregulated.
The sad case of the Norfolk Island morepork shows we need a way to control or eradicate invasive rodents without killing native species.
One of the world’s largest programs to eradicate multiple predators and pests has started to restore the island and its once vast nesting colonies to their former glory.
It’s a horror story unfolding in the west that could sweep across the country. Beware the shot-hole borer, an exotic pest that threatens our tree crops, plantations, urban forests and wild places.
We tend to just think of viruses in terms of their damaging impacts on human health and lives. But viruses can also be used to benefit human health, agriculture and the environment.
The trouble is most countries don’t make bed bug infestation data available to researchers.
Have we overlooked the intelligence and value of wasps?
Australia’s biosecurity system is on high alert for alien invaders. Here’s a hit list of eight baddies we believe pose the greatest threat to Australia’s biodiversity.
Alien invaders are penetrating the borders of every country in the world. Now the full extent of the problems and potential solutions have been exposed, in a new United Nations report.
There’s shocking new evidence of rodenticide poisoning in Australia’s nocturnal predatory birds. High concentrations of the active ingredients were found in 92% of the 60 dead birds they tested.
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences; Senior Scientist, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in Ecology and Entomology, Edith Cowan University
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Pretoria
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Director of the Wildlife Crime Research Hub, Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow, Adelaide University
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Visiting Research Scholar, Fordham University
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PhD Student in Invasion Genomics, University of Southampton
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Science Director, Biosecurity Flagship, CSIRO
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Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Program Leader Effective Detection and Response, Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre
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UQ Development Fellow, The University of Queensland