Invasive Species News

Posted February 10, 2012:

• Fighting Crimes Against Biodiversity: How to Catch a Killer Weed

Posted February 9, 2012:

• An Economic Analysis of Emerald Ash Borer Management Options
• How the Zebra Got Its Stripes

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Invasive Alien Predator Causes Rapid Declines of European Ladybugs
• New Species of Bamboo-Feeding Plant Lice Found in Costa Rica

Posted February 2, 2012:

• Treasure Trove of Wildlife Found in Peru Park

Posted February 1, 2012:

• Yellow-Cedar Are Dying in Alaska: Scientists Now Know Why

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Severe Python Damage to Florida's Native Everglades Animals Documented in New Study

Posted January 29, 2012:

• What Do Killer Whales Eat in the Arctic?

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Jostling for Position: Competition at the Root of Diversity in Rainforests

Posted January 24, 2012:

• Fungi-Filled Forests Are Critical for Endangered Orchids

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Rare Miller's Grizzled Langur Rediscovered in Borneo

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Native Forest Birds in Hawaii in Unprecedented Trouble
• Climate Change Invites Alien Invaders: Is Canada Ready?

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Extremely Rare Turtle Is Released Into the Wild

Posted January 17, 2012:

• Arctic Plants Face an Uncertain Future

Posted January 11, 2012:

• World's Smallest Vertebrate: Tiny Frogs Discovered in New Guinea

Posted January 10, 2012:

• New Hope to Save Hemlock Trees from Attack

Posted January 9, 2012:

• New 'Horned' Snake Species Discovered

Posted January 7, 2012:

• New Primate Species Discovered on Madagascar

Posted January 6, 2012:

• A New Wild Ginger Discovered from the Evergreen Forest of Western Ghats of South India

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Salt Water Alone Unlikely to Halt Burmese Python Invasion
• Ecologists Call for Screening Imported Plants to Prevent a New Wave of Invasive Species
• The Bechstein's Bat, More Mediterranean Than Thought

Posted December 26, 2011:

• New Quantitative Method Enables Researchers to Assess Environmental Risks Posed by Non-Native Species

Posted December 22, 2011:

• Bacteria's Move from Sea to Land May Have Occurred Much Later Than Thought

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Forest Health Versus Global Warming: Fuel Reduction Likely to Increase Carbon Emissions

Posted December 18, 2011:

• Climate Change May Bring Big Ecosystem Shifts, NASA Says

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Scientists Examine Toxicity of Medicinal Plants in Peru

Posted December 12, 2011:

• The Case of the Dying Aspens
• Hundreds of Threatened Species Not on Official U.S. List, Research Shows
• Tree Species Maps for European Forests

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Climate Change Driving Tropical Birds to Higher Elevations

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Marine Predators in Trouble
• Farming Crucial for Threatened Species in Developing World

Posted December 1, 2011:

• World's First Captive Breeding of Ozark Hellbenders
• Tiny Life Forms Thriving Again in Lake Zurich

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Using Radiation to Sterilize Insect Pests May Protect California Fruits and Vegetables
• British Butterfly Is Evolving to Respond to Climate Change

Posted November 28, 2011:

• Marine Biodiversity Loss Due to Global Warming and Predation, Study Predicts
• Sunlight in Tropical Forest Driving Force Behind Ecological Niches of Tree Species

Posted November 25, 2011:

• Small Forest With Big Impact: Fragmented Rainforests Maintain Their Ecological Functionality

Posted November 23, 2011:

• DNA System Developed to Identify and Authenticate Plant Species

Posted November 22, 2011:

• Great Lakes Fish Feed on Invading Shrimp
• Humans Can Unwittingly Bring Alien Plant Species to Svalbard
• Amazon's Biodiversity: Clearing Up Doubts as to the Benefits of Ecotourism

Posted November 21, 2011:

• A New Model for Understanding Biodiversity

Posted November 18, 2011:

• Great Plains River Basins Threatened by Pumping of Aquifers

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