First came the floods. Now rural residents across outback Queensland are battling rats and mice, with this year's big wet supercharging the growth of grasses and leading to bushfire concerns.
Farmers are sounding the alarm that Australia is on the threshold of another mice plague, two years on from a vermin outbreak that overwhelmed the country.
A new study published in Science Advances by University of Texas at Arlington researchers presents a fresh approach for discovering broad coral disease resistance features and investigates the basic processes behind species survival.
According to a recent analysis, Australia may suffer a wave of plant and animal extinctions by 2050 unless it takes immediate action to address the menace of invasive species, which is already costing the country at least $25 billion each year.