Insects
Beach beckons for long weekend, but what’s the outlook for the next few months?
The long weekend will bring beach weather and the start of daylight saving, but the outlook for the rest of the year is wetter than usual.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Latest
Older than the dinosaurs and ‘spectacular’ at building cities: The tiny, misunderstood world of ants
There are 2.5 million ants per human, but the insects are still misunderstood. A new immersive exhibition aims to change that.
- by Cara Waters
Opinion
Opinion
I’ve worked out why Aussies are laid-back, and I didn’t even have to leave the house
Wasps, slugs, redbacks, possums, snakes … Australians encounter them before we even venture outdoors.
- by Jo Stubbings
‘Massive surveillance failure’: Fire ant infestation sparks fear of undetected spread
More than 100 nests of potentially deadly fire ants have been discovered on Defence land in the Murray Darling river system.
- by Mike Foley
Rock snot to spiky crawling fish: Pests threatening to reshape Australia
The wood-boring beetle wreaking havoc on Perth’s grand Moreton Bay figs is just one of many invasive species keeping experts up at night.
- by Nick O'Malley
‘Just diabolical’: European wasp plague devastates crops
Unseasonably warm and wet conditions in Victoria have led to an infestation of wasps that is wiping out some vineyards, beehives and orchards.
- by Bianca Hall
‘Hairy poo’ unmasked as nation’s newest creepy-crawly
A Queensland camper has made a momentous scientific discovery after taking a closer look at what looked like white, hairy faeces.
- by Tracey Ferrier
A missed chance to eradicate fire ants could cost Australia $38 billion
A national outbreak of the pest from its Queensland stronghold would sting the economy – and that’s without even considering the health costs.
- by Mike Foley
Series
Science
Brain worms, dark matter and stranger things. We explain
We put the natural world under a microscope, from rogue waves and zombie fungus to colliding atoms and meteors.
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