A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia's priority species. The research highlights the urgent need for increased funding ...

Invasive species are silently taking over U.S. ecosystems, threatening native plants, animals, and entire habitats. From ...

who became Australia’s national rabbit management co-ordinator at the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions late last year. Rabbits cost Australia’s agricultural sector almost A$200mn (US$ ...

Australia receives a huge volume of imports every year, each of which poses a risk of bringing invasive species into Australia. While a complex biosecurity system is in place at the border that ...

A battle is being fought in some of the most remote parts of the country, and many of us wouldn't think twice if we saw the ...

Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonisation. Across land and freshwater habitats, 1,657 species are currently threatened with the same fate. Their populations have ...

Experts are warning of the risks of spreading invasive and non-native species when moving large volumes of untreated lake, reservoir and river water. Experts are warning of the risks of spreading ...

Dehydrated Asian shore crabs, an invasive species on the East Coast ... South America and Australia. (Many modern ballast systems now have filtration and treatment systems to prevent the movement ...

Dr Carol Booth, the principal policy analyst at the Invasive Species Council, said H5N1 would be devastating to Australian animals. "When Avian influenza arrives, it's likely to be the biggest and ...

The cane toad (Rhinella marina) is an invasive species in Australia, originally introduced to control agricultural pests. However, its introduction has led to significant ecological consequences ...

Say hello to your new neighbor, the Asian swamp eel. The swamp eel is one of the latest — and unwelcome — invasive species seen in the Sunshine State and officials want the public's help to ...