Invasive Species News

Posted March 19, 2012:

• Tracking Lake Erie Water Snake in Fight Against Invasive Fish

Posted March 16, 2012:

• Increase in Arctic Shipping Is Risk to Marine Mammals
• Invasive Plants: Climate Is a Determining Factor

Posted March 15, 2012:

• European Grasslands Challenge Rainforests as the Most Species-Rich Spaces on Earth
• Clash of the Crayfish: Why the Americans Are Winning

Posted March 13, 2012:

• Fertilization by Invasive Species Threatens Nutrient-Poor Ecosystems

Posted March 12, 2012:

• Medical Imaging Technology Used to Better Understand Fish Senses

Posted March 9, 2012:

• Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds: Using Satellite Technology to Evaluate the Effects of Ecotourism on Tiger Sharks

Posted March 7, 2012:

• Commonly Used Herbicides Seen as Threat to Endangered Butterflies
• New Species of Deep-Sea Catshark Described from the Galapagos

Posted March 6, 2012:

• Carp Dominate Crayfish in Invasive Species Battleground

Posted March 2, 2012:

• Unexpected Crustacean Diversity Discovered in Northern Freshwater Ecosystems
• Helping Protect Vulnerable Birds from Impacts of Climate Change

Posted March 1, 2012:

• Overfishing Leaves Swaths of Mediterranean Barren

Posted February 29, 2012:

• Earthworms to Blame for Decline of Ovenbirds in Northern Midwest Forests
• Genetics of Endangered African Monkey Suggest Troubles from Warming Climate

Posted February 28, 2012:

• Nowhere to Hide: Tigers Threatened by Human Destruction of Groundcover

Posted February 27, 2012:

• Indigenous Peoples at Forefront of Climate Change Offer Lessons on Plant Biodiversity

Posted February 23, 2012:

• U.S. Urban Forests Losing Ground

Posted February 22, 2012:

• Invasive Plant Protects Australian Lizards from Invasive Toad
• Research May Save Florida Bird, Help Conservationists Everywhere

Posted February 21, 2012:

• Irish Mammals Under Serious Threat from 'Invasional Meltdown'
• Tadpoles Adjust Buoyancy to Adapt to Different Environments
• Eat and Let Die: Insect Feeds on Toxic Plants for Protection from Predators

Posted February 20, 2012:

• 300-Million-Year-Old Forest Discovered Preserved in Volanic Ash

Posted February 16, 2012:

• New Hope for Threatened Freshwater Dolphins in Asia
• Genes May Travel from Plant to Plant to Fuel Evolution
• Climate Change Threatens Tropical Birds: Global Warming, Extreme Weather Aggravate Habitat Loss, Review Finds

Posted February 15, 2012:

• New Miniature Grasshopper-Like Insect Is First Member of Its Family from Belize

Posted February 14, 2012:

• Bumblebees Get by With a Little Help from Their Honeybee Rivals

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

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