Popular rat baits could soon be banned from shop shelves after a ruling from Australia's national pesticides regulator.

Scientists confirm that two of the world’s most destructive invasive termite species are not only spreading in the United States but also hybridizing – the process of two different species crossbreeding to produce a hybrid.

Olive lace bug impacts crop - image by: DPIRD Western Australia

Fire ant bites - image by: Qld Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Detection of braula fly - image by: NSW DPI

Exotic Fruit Fly - image by: PaDIL

QUT researchers will lead a research project targeting insect pests - image by: QUT

Pregnant mosquito females deploy the microbe Elizabethkingia to speed larval growth; the larvae, in turn, help the bacteria outcompete other strains - image by: the scientist.com