Barn owl baby boom welcomed in rural WA following mouse plague
Farmers and wildlife groups have reported an increase in barn owl sightings in Western Australia’s Midwest and Wheatbelt…
Visualising the mouse plague infesting parts of Australia
A mouse plague is invading farms and homes in southern and Western Australia. But what does that really…
School in mouse-infested WA town closed after toxic bait spread on grounds
The Western Australian College of Agriculture at Morawa has been closed and students sent home until further notice…
Will double-strength bait stop Western and South Australia’s mouse plague?
As people sleep in parts of Australia, mice are hidden in their beds biting their fingers, chewing machinery…
WA mouse plague pushes regulator to approve stronger bait
Australia’s chemical regulator has approved an emergency permit for double-strength mouse baits for grain paddocks amid mouse plagues…
Roads of dead mice as plague blights standards of living in WA towns
Driving along roads ravaged by a devastating mouse plague north-east of Perth is like “popping bubble wrap”, residents…
Worst-ever mouse plague in Morawa, WA, leaves streets covered in mice
A shire president in regional WA is calling for urgent intervention to deal with area’s worst mouse plague…
Aussie community unnerved by underground threat that springs to life at night: ‘This is too much’
Hidden beneath the fertile soil of a sprawling farming region in Australia’s west is a destructive threat that’s…