Animal Pests

Australia has built an international reputation for exporting quality, insect-free grains on the back of a 30-year R&D partnership with the AWB.

The CSIRO Bee Team received the 2007 CSIRO Research Achievement Medal for their contributions to honeybee research and investigations into biosecurity threats posed to Australia’s pollination services.

CSIRO Entomology scientist Dr Sharon Downes plans to test whether female cotton bollworms choose who will father their offspring.

Australian scientists, including a team at CSIRO, were first to identify a fungus as the cause of mass frog declines in Australia and Panama.

Together with its research partners, CSIRO has provided integrated bio-physical, social and economic research to underpin the development of the Tully Water Quality Improvement Plan.

After ten years of CSIRO research, the off-site impacts of different pesticides and land uses can be compared using a simple risk indicator.

A new technique could help to prevent the spread of toxic algae in the ballast water of ships has been developed by CSIRO.

A team of PhD students, jointly supported by CSIRO and the University of Queensland, has won a Smart Women - Smart State award for their research investigating the four major mechanisms behind costly and destructive weed invasions.

Cane toads, fire ants and blackberry bushes - read about the environmental and economic problems caused by invasive species and try a classroom activity to learn more.

Learn all about feral animals, exotic invaders, weeds and pests with these fun and informative websites about invasive species.