Dossier
mouse plague
Coverage of mouse plague in the Nexus archive.
- 'It's like a decaying body': Australian farmers battle mouse plague
Australian farmers are dealing with a severe mouse plague, with thousands of mice per hectare destroying crops and invading homes. The situation is described as a major threat to agriculture and daily life.
- Mouse plague hits WA grain farmers as numbers surge in SA: ‘You literally can’t get away from them’
Mouse numbers in Western Australia have reached plague levels, with reports of up to 4,000 burrows per hectare, while South Australia also experiences surges. CSIRO researcher Steve Henry warns that over 800 mice per hectare constitutes a plague, prompting high alert among grain growers.