National preparedness to manage future incursions of Asian black-spined toads into Australia has been strengthened with the launch of the National Preparedness Plan: Asian Black-Spined Toad

This Threatened Species Day, 7 September, marks the launch of a new website to reduce the devastating impact of feral cats and foxes on threatened native wildlife, agricultural productivity and human health.

Rabbits and viral biocontrol agents are in an ‘arms race’ as rabbits gradually develop genetic resistance that reduces agents’ effectiveness over time. To efficiently manage rabbit impacts, a pipeline of biocontrol agents needs to be developed, ideally to enable a new agent to be released every 10 to 15 years or so.