At least 300 trees are set to be cleared from the Hyde Park islands as part of a blitz to eradicate the polyphagous shot-hole ...

The majority of trees and shrubs on the islands in Perth's Hyde Park's two lakes are infested with shot-hole borer, and will be removed over the next six weeks. It is hoped the mass clearing will ...

After thousands of trees were lost to the devastating shot hole borer beetle infestation, new life is being planted in Newlands, Cape Town. It’s the first reforestation effort to restore ...

Polyphagous shot-hole borer is a tiny beetle native to Southeast Asia that’s spreading throughout Perth, infesting thousands of trees. The gardener, who asked to stay anonymous, first suspected ...

Hundreds of trees and shrubs in the middle of Perth's Hyde Park will be removed as authorities try to prevent the spread of the invasive shot hole borer. Three maps that show the scale of the NSW ...

As the destructive polyphagous shot-hole borer continues to run rampant in Perth, local governments are hurrying to apply for ...

At a time when the average price of a flat white in Perth has soared to $6.50, a team of researchers has good news for ...

The City of Cape Town is racing to deal with a newly identified infestation of the Polyphagous shot hole borer in the metro. The tiny beetle was first identified in KwaZulu-Natal by Dr Trudy Paap of ...

Dead and damaged peppermint trees along the Mosman Park riverfront have most likely fallen foul of insects, not environmental vandals. The Town of Mosman Park will pay an arborist to investigate the ...