Funding for Red Imported Fire Ant control must be taken out of the agriculture portfolio and placed under the nose of the Prime Minister, argues Southern Cross University entomologist, awarded ...

Fire ants dubbed “tiny killers” have been detected in northern NSW after hitching a ride from Queensland, prompting fears that state’s issue with the pests could cause a “national disaster”.

Well, it’s official: the area in and around Byron Bay is one of the least-affordable locations in the entire country if you’re a renter. Biosecurity detection dog ‘Candy’ seeks out fire ant nests ...

THE NEW South Wales Government has confirmed another fire ant incursion in the state with infested turf intercepted at Clunes, near Byron Bay, on last Wednesday. The incident has prompted the ...

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Published in the SCI journal Pest Management Science, the study showcases how the CyberDog robot, equipped with an AI model, can efficiently automate the identification and control of red imported ...

“Fire ants are something that we unfortunately are going to have to learn how to live with,” said Cooper. “The important thing is that we know how to identify them when the population is small and are ...

A south east landholder is behind an e-petition with thousands of signatures calling for a reassessment of the National Fire Ant Eradication Program strategy.

Pallets carrying 140 square metres of turf have been delivered to a Byron Shire property from a fire ant zone in south-east Queensland. The Queensland-based supplier had documentation showing the ...

Before Wednesday, fire ants had only been found a handful of times and not since July in Wardell, with that nest related to an incursion in January. Five-kilometre control zones remain around ...

DPI NSW. ‘This latest detection confirms our concerns around the growing build up of fire ant numbers within suppression zones,’ Invasive Species Council Advocacy Manager, Reece Pianta said. ‘We call ...