Cape Town’s once-majestic urban forests are under attack from a tiny yet deadly invader – the polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB). Barker explains that the threat lies in the fusarium fungus ...

South Africa is unleashing weevil beetles in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of salvinia minima, an alien species of aquatic, floating fern that grows on the surface of freshwater bodies.

“South Africa found the shot-hole borer too late – eradication was never an opportunity. Their conservative cost-benefit analysis found this beetle will cost South Africa $28 billion over 10 year ...

The emerald ash borer lifecycle begins with females laying up to 100 eggs in a single tree. Within one to three years, the beetle larvae have fed on the wood beneath the bark enough to kill the tree.

South Africa is facing an escalating ecological crisis – a tiny invasive beetle from Vietnam is killing ... the polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) has been confirmed in eight of South Africa ...