The weevils are expected to multiply just as fast to address the problem. Government unleashes tiny insects to combat ...

South Africa is unleashing weevil beetles in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of salvinia minima, an alien species of ...

Dozens of tiny black weevils cling onto a fern plant as it is tossed onto a leafy green mat coating the surface of South Africa's Crocodile River. Those weevils aren't tossed into the river by ...

South Africa is facing an escalating ecological crisis – a tiny invasive beetle from Vietnam is killing off trees in urban and natural forests. More than 7,000 trees have been affected by the ...

More than 7,000 trees have been affected by tiny invasive beetles from Vietnam that are killing off trees in urban and ...

There are huge parts of Africa where beetles are protected. Forests in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda and Kenya offer valuable shelter to Goliathus goliatus. Gabon, the northern ...

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. (AP ...