invasive species

Ripened figs of Indian fig opuntia, credit – Wikimedia Commons Across parts of the Mediterranean, farmers have pushed…

North American beavers in sub-Antarctic Chile are doing more than flooding forests; they are turning riparian land into…

Introduced to control pests, the Common myna now thrives in urban areas. This opportunistic bird competes aggressively with…

The Guam Kingfisher is known as the “sihek” in Chamorro, the native language of the Marianas Archipelago and…

A daring mission to rid South Georgia Island of invasive rats, which had devastated native seabird colonies for…

If Australia does not ramp up fire ant eradication efforts, the invasive species will cause billion-dollar economic impacts…

Darwin’s old puzzle starts with a simple question: when a species enters a new habitat, does it do…

Burmese pythons have already earned a reputation as one of Florida’s most destructive invasive species, wiping out populations…

Ontario is dealing with a newly confirmed invasive crayfish in its waters, and authorities have warned that the…

Across Queensland, there is a grassroots push and growing frustration over a patchwork approach to dealing with a…

Image(s): Left/Wikipedia/Right/Canva After ecologists moved 131 feral cats away from Chichijima Island, which is located in the Ogasawara…

Hardin, G. The competitive exclusion principle. Science 131, 1292–1298 (1960). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Barnosky, A. D.…

For years, Mediterranean farmers defended prickly pear against removal; a study suggests the cactus can help native plants recover on degraded drylands