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 ...

That pest’s unwieldy name, the Polyphagous shot-hole borer, is now striking fear into the hearts of tree-lovers nationwide. The name sounds like a joke without a punchline. It’s a ...

Councils are required to sign NDAs to access information on shot-hole-borer infected trees, which has drawn the ire of some mayors, who say its stifling efforts to fight the pest. The tiny ...

The fight against shot-hole-borer is being hampered by the use of NDAs hiding the location of infected trees, two Perth mayors say.