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Invasive species and diseases pose a major threat to agriculture – particularly in the countries that can least afford it.
A ‘Biblical swarm’ of ‘super-moths’ from continental Europe is heading to the UK.
Silverfish have disappeared from our homes as book-bindings - their favourite food - have improved.
There are over 5,000 species of cockroach, but fortunately only a few have chosen to live with us.
Fungi that live inside plants can fight off nasty insect pests.
Understanding the hazards and risks of pesticides is vital for people using them on crops.
Africa’s soil crisis calls for quick and creative action. This includes deepening farmers’ knowledge about soil microbes.
Insects have been in a feature in agriculture since the end of the 19th century. Using a combination of new and old control methods is the best way to deal with our food competitors.
Continued use of pesticides will lower diversity of beneficial insects, costing corn farmers more money over time.
Genetic techniques are helping scientists work out how to stop invasive species before they rack up huge environmental and financial costs.
A nationwide outbreak of foot and mouth disease; an invasion of a devastating wheat disease; our honeybees completely wiped out. These are just three possible disastrous scenarios facing Australia; they’re…
The average cow drops between 10 and 12 dung pads (also known as “pats”) every day and just one of those cow pads can produce up to 3,000 flies in a fortnight. With more than 28 million cattle in Australia…
Darwin’s finches, a group of 14 species found only in the Galapagos Islands, are perhaps most well known as one of the inspirations for Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. A classic…
Species hold ecosystems in a delicate balance. From time to time humans introduce non-native species to an ecosystem, because they may be needed for domestic work, as pets, for carrying loads or even for…
Australian researchers are developing a new tool to help track and manage the vast numbers of disease-carrying insects blown from Asia into northern Australia every year by cyclones and monsoon winds…
Scientists have revealed the ‘evolutionary trick’ that makes the Diamondback moth such an expensive agricultural pest. The…
Australia’s commercial kangaroo industry is the world’s largest consumptive mammalian wildlife industry. Calculated on a ten-year period, an average of three million adult kangaroos are killed each year…
The Great Barrier Reef is under attack from a range of enemies including climate change effects (coral bleaching, increased severe storms, and ocean acidification), pollutant discharge from the land, coastal…
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Associate Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation, Edith Cowan University
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Former Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor of Applied Entomology, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Science Director, Biosecurity Flagship, CSIRO
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Adjunct Fellow in Ecology, Adelaide University
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Professor of Aquatic Biosciences, Nord University
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Professor of Ecology and Entomology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Microbial Ecology, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Research fellow, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University; Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC)