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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Ecologists alarmed after ‘one of the worst invasive’ species found in ancient Australian rainforest

A fire ant nest has been spotted at one of Australia’s most iconic World Heritage rainforests, sparking concerns about the potential threat posed to the region’s ecology by one of the world’s worst invasive species.

The nest was found and destroyed at a forest clearing at the Lamington National Park on the Queensland Gold Coast, Australia’s Invasive Species Council said in a statement on Friday.

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