Flying Fox Nurse
Flying foxes don't have a good reputation. They're smelly, noisy, carry disease and make a dreadful mess with their droppings. Huge colonies of them live in and around the town of Katherine in the...
View ArticleNorthern Territory Country Hour podcast 05/03/10
Chickens are the modern-day version of how canaries down the mine letting the miners know of a gas build up -- although in this case it is checking for disease, and Queensland's rain is also having an...
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 09/04/10
Blooding a crocodile in the name of disease research, and hurdling the humps that may be there when it comes to camel handling.
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 28/04/2010
Injury forces a former NT rodeo clown to shelve the greasepaint and small meets large when school children check the pulse of some animals.
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 29/04/2010
How much will the Northern Territory suffer with Woodside's decision to go offshore and a number of international researchers get "antsy" in Darwin.
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 18/05/2010
It may be pregnancy testing - but in this case its on plants and it isn't to find out if there is another on the way, and foot and mouth the dreaded disease is being felt in one of Australia's largest...
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 03/06/2010
Can any government program really expect to have an impact upon the feral camel problem and the debate over Muckaty Station as a radio active waste dump heats up as it heads to the courts.
View ArticleNT Country hour podcast 07/06/2010
It has been shut for 9-years, however the sale of the Katherine abattoir is seen as a benefit not just for the town but for industry elsewhere in the Top End and will pastoralists caught by Indonesia's...
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 10/06/2010
The crocs force a change in venue for Katherine's ultrachallenge and a community garden aimed at helping kids enjoy a more healthy lifestyle.
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 21/06/2010
Brunette Downs race goers cast their eyes over contemporary works celebrating 100-years of racing at the remote station and is mining all that it's made out to be for Australia by it's supporters?
View ArticleBats besiege town's power supply
Continued power outages caused by bats at the remote Northern Territory town of Mataranka are putting lives at risk, a community meeting has heard.
View ArticleNew trap targets feral pigs in the Top End
A new bait and trap system, known as the Hog Hopper, could soon see feral pig numbers across the Top End greatly reduced. The Invasive Animals CRC has been designing the system for over five years. The...
View ArticleGrazier angry about NT wild dogs
A cattle grazier in the Northern Territory says the Territory Government is not allocating enough 10-80 baits to control wild dogs.
View ArticleProducers urged to remember biosecurity
Primary producers are being warned to keep an eye out for unwanted pests and diseases that might spread due to natural disasters. Flood water and winds are just some of the ways weeds and viruses can...
View ArticleThe horse as a pest
While the wild Australian horse, known as the waler, stirs our imagination, the feral horse or brumby causes havoc in fragile Australian landscapes.
View ArticleNT pastoralists complain about lack of access to wild dog baits
Cattle producers in the Northern Territory's Victoria River District say they're losing a large amount of cattle to wild dogs, and they're powerless to stop the problem.
View ArticleIconic animals - the horse
The Australian horse - the waler, the stockhorse - is one of our iconic animals immortalised by poets like Banjo Patterson and seized on by Australian novelists, movie makers, and artists.
View ArticleNo silver bullet for cane toad management
Despite years of research there's still no known way of controlling the spread of cane toads.
View ArticleToads turn west
The southward spread of cane toads seems to have eased, but they're increasingly heading for Western Australia.
View ArticleCall for more wild dog baits in NT
The facilitator of a national wild dog program says the Northern Territory Government should consider allowing pastoralists access to a larger numbers of wild dog baits.
View ArticleLocals worried about dead fish in Katherine River
Locals in the Katherine region say they're concerned about a fish kill in the Katherine River, just downstream of the town.
View ArticleFormer cattle station gets a feral-proof fence
A conservation group in the Northern Territory is building a 160-kilometre fence on a former cattle station to try to protect the habitat of small mammals from large herbivores.
View ArticleFencing to protect Top End wetland
An entire peninsula in the Northern Territory has been fenced off to protect an internationally recognised wetland and create a feral animal free zone.
View ArticleKatherine mango growers trying to avoid fruit fly sprays
A massive experiment in the Northern Territory is trying to prove the mango industry in the Katherine region can control fruit fly without any sprays or other treatments.
View ArticleTerritory mango pest heads south
An insect pest known to reduce mango yields is causing concern for some Northern Territory growers in the Katherine region.
View ArticleGulf field day promotes good land management
Land managers from across the Northern Territory's Gulf region attended a field day at Cape Crawford, south-west of Borroloola, yesterday.
View ArticleTerritory moves towards coordinated dog control
A long-running battle against wild dogs is gaining momentum in the Northern Territory, as new land manager groups plan their first coordinated baiting programs.
View ArticleCalf attacks increase after wild dog baiting
A new study into wild dogs has shown that calf attacks rise after baiting.
View ArticleResearchers focus on north to protect Australia's $600 million citrus...
Researchers focus on northern citrus industry to ensure pests and diseases don't enter from SE Asia.
View ArticleBovine Johne's disease regulation relaxed in Northern Territory
The NT Government reduces regulation of bovine Johne's disease for the ongoing biosecurity management of the infectious animal wasting condition.
View ArticleFirst year of research reveals techniques to deter magpie geese from mango...
The first year of unique research reveals a range of techniques to deter magpie geese from mango orchards.
View ArticleGooseBusters: Non-lethal gadgets being trialled to deter magpie geese from...
From playing geese distress sounds to virtual fencing, technologies are being trialled to deter magpie geese from NT fruit farms.
View ArticleTop End feral buffalo fetch high prices from live-export markets
Demand for buffalo is the strongest it has been for years, according to a Top End buffalo catcher.
View ArticleDiagnostics lab for agriculture in northern Australia will 'prove...
An $8 million diagnostics laboratory to be built in Darwin is expected to boost market opportunities for north Australian agriculture.
View ArticleMagpie geese in their tens of thousands mustered by crop chopper in...
A Kimberley muster pilot has taken to the skies over the Ord Irrigation Scheme to round up thousands of magpie geese feeding on crops.
View ArticleTop End crocodile farm food shortage sees suppliers turn to central...
Top End crocodile farms are being forced to source meat from feral animals in central Australia as locally sourced meats become too expensive.
View ArticleWild donkeys in Kimberley scientific trial in the sights of aerial shooters
A station in the Kimberley wants to study its herd of feral donkeys, but the government's policy is to cull.
View ArticleWaterhole springs back to life as Indigenous rangers tackle buffalo damage in...
Rangers from central Arnhem Land record degraded wetland's recovery after removing feral buffalo to protect 10 hectares of the culturally significant waterhole.
View ArticleMining charity commits $2 million for tri-state camel culls on Aboriginal land
A land management group backed by the BHP Billiton Foundation will fund a $2 million feral camel culling program on Aboriginal land in Central Australia.
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