'Hairy panic' tumbleweed blocking roads and choking farms in 'depressing' spread
Huge piles of tumbleweeds are surrounding houses, frustrating farmers and heightening fire risk in rural areas. But academics say very little can be done to wipe them out.
Sales of invasive, illegal plants online are growing — and buying them could cost you
Authorities urge consumers to do their homework to ensure the seeds and plants they are buying or selling are not on the prohibited list, as ignorance will be no protection against hefty fines.
New technology to help prevent millions of dollars of damage to Australian crops
A network of weather monitoring towers is giving farmers real-time warnings about spray drift risks.
Paraquat, glyphosate resistance found in country's worst weed
One of the country's worst weeds, ryegrass, has been found to have resistance to two common and extremely important farm chemicals.
Volunteers' backbreaking work ensure fussy cockatoos have favourite food to eat
Endangered south-eastern red-tailed black cockatoos only eat seeds from stringybark and buloke trees. Now a few helping hands are making sure the bird's food supply is not in danger.
Warning of lantana 'catastrophe' as poisonous weed spreads unchecked
A lantana removal expert claims the spread of the poisonous weed is a "catastrophe" on a scale that has not been properly recognised or resourced.
War on weeds uprooted at Field of the Unwanted
Weeds are the bane of most gardeners' existence and are ultimately destined to be pulled up or poisoned, but could they just be misunderstood?