Invasive Species News

Posted November 23, 2009:

• DNA 'Barcode' for Tropical Trees
• New Chameleon Species Discovered in East Africa
• Time of Day Matters to Thirsty Trees

Posted November 20, 2009:

• After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape

Posted November 19, 2009:

• Is 80-Year-Old Mistake Leading to First Species to Be Fished to Extinction?
• Predator Beetle to Battle Hemlock Pest

Posted November 18, 2009:

• Decline in Russian Tigers Renews Calls to End All Trade in Tiger Parts
• Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish Unraveled

Posted November 16, 2009:

• New Climate Treaty Could Put Species at Risk, Scientists Argue
• Potential Ecological Costs and Co-Benefits of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)

Posted November 14, 2009:

• Africa's Rarest Monkey Had an Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Amphibians As Environmental Omen Disputed

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Ants Are Friendly To Some Trees, But Not Others

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Inconspicuous Leaf Beetles Reveal Environment's Role In Formation Of New Species
• Heavy Metals Accumulate More In Some Mushrooms Than In Others

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Paleoecologists Offer New Insight Into How Climate Change Will Affect Organisms

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Modified Crops Reveal Hidden Cost Of Resistance
• Trees Facilitate Wildfires As A Way To Protect Their Habitat
• Fishery Impact Test Developed

Posted October 28, 2009:

• What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Scientists Map Fish Habitat And Movements At Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Hybrids Of Invasive Australian Plant Species Casuarina Found Growing Widely In Florida

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Carbon-Offsetting And Conservation Can Both Be Winners In Rainforest

Posted October 13, 2009:

• Report Documents Risks Of Giant Invasive Snakes In The United States
• First Neotropical Rainforest Was Home Of The Titanoboa World's Biggest Snake

Posted October 8, 2009:

• Nitrogen Deposition Limits Climate Change Impacts On Carbon Sequestration
• In Search Of Wildlife-Friendly Biofuels: Are Native Prairie Plants the Answer?

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Black Rat Does Not Bother Mediterranean Seabirds
• Livestock Can Help Rangelands Recover From Fires

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Killer Bees May Increase Food Supplies For Native Bees
• Pathways Of Movement Of Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Described

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Tennessee Foresters Helping To Return Chestnuts To American Forests

Posted September 30, 2009:

• Northwestern United States Could Face More Tamarisk Aggressive Invasive Plant By Century's End

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Combining Sun, Sand And Science In The Bahamas

Posted September 28, 2009:

• Focus On The Wild Could Avert Plant Pollination Threat

Posted September 26, 2009:

• Plants' Response To Fire Tested

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Rhododendron Expansion May Increase The Chance Of Landslides On Southern Appalachian Slopes

Posted September 23, 2009:

• Ancient And Bizarre Fish Discovered: New Species Of Ghostshark From California And Baja California
• Frog Fungus Hammering Biodiversity Of Communities

Posted September 21, 2009:

• Invasive Species On The March: Variable Rates Of Spread Set Current Limits To Predictability
• Plant Essential Oil Eyed As Mosquito, Ant Repellent

Posted September 18, 2009:

• Introduced Japanese White-Eyes Pose Major Threat To Hawaii's Native And Endangered Birds
• Bugs In Boxes Show Difficulty Of Predicting Invaders' Progress

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Exotic Timber Plantations Found To Use More Than Twice The Water Of Native Forests

Posted September 16, 2009:

• Monitoring Illegal Wildlife Trade: DNA 'Barcodes' For 25 Hunted Wildlife Species Sequenced
• As Ash Borer Claims More Trees, Researcher Works For Species Survival

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