Invasive Species News

Posted December 10, 2012:

• Second-Hand Smoke Increases Risk of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Children

Posted December 6, 2012:

• Warm Sea Water Is Melting Antarctic Glaciers

Posted December 5, 2012:

• Invasive Grass Fuels Increased Fire Activity in the West

Posted November 30, 2012:

• How Native Plants and Exotics Coexist

Posted November 28, 2012:

• Combined RB and PTEN Loss Identifies DCIS Primed for Invasive Breast Cancer

Posted November 19, 2012:

• Beargrass, a Plant of Many Roles, Is Focus of New Report
• Darkened Fjord Waters Mean Fewer Fish, More Jellyfish

Posted November 15, 2012:

• Saving Salmon from Deadly Sea Lice

Posted November 13, 2012:

• Baiting Mosquitoes With Knowledge and Proven Insecticides

Posted November 5, 2012:

• 2001-2002 Drought Helped Propel Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic

Posted November 2, 2012:

• Mountain Meadows Dwindling in Pacific Northwest, U.S. Due to Climate Change, Study Suggests

Posted October 31, 2012:

• Do Australia's Giant Fire-Dependent Trees Belong in the Rainforest?
• Scientists Testing Early Warning System for West Nile Virus

Posted October 30, 2012:

• Action Needed to Prevent More Devastating Tree Diseases Entering the UK, Experts Urge

Posted October 25, 2012:

• Unique Sea Snake Found in Museum

Posted October 24, 2012:

• Gaps in Border Controls Are Related to Alien Insect Invasions in Europe
• Plants Provide Accurate Low-Cost Alternative for Diagnosis of West Nile Virus

Posted October 17, 2012:

• Doing Nothing Might Be Best Management Decision for Forests Destroyed by Wind or Ice

Posted October 16, 2012:

• Boreal Forest Bends to Development, but There Is a Breaking Point

Posted October 9, 2012:

• River Thames Invaded With Foreign Species

Posted October 8, 2012:

• Nearly 50% of Retail Firewood Infested With Insects, Study Finds

Posted October 4, 2012:

• How to Restore Native Grasslands in the Interior Pacific Northwest, U.S.

Posted October 3, 2012:

• New Ways to Protect Avocados from Beetles

Posted September 26, 2012:

• Slave Rebellion Is Widespread in Ants

Posted September 21, 2012:

• 'Forest Killer' Plant Study Explores Rapid Environmental Change Factors

Posted September 20, 2012:

• Invisible Plastic Particles in Seawater Damaging to Sea Animals

Posted September 19, 2012:

• Invasive 'Rasberry Crazy Ant' in Texas Now Identified Species

Posted September 13, 2012:

• Devastating Red Alga Discovered Creeping North to Maine

Posted September 12, 2012:

• Rare Cliffhanging Plant Species Uses Unique Reproductive Strategy With Ants
• Major Update to Europe's 'Alien' Species Catalogue

Posted September 4, 2012:

• With No West Nile Vaccine in Sight, Self-Protection Is Key

Posted August 30, 2012:

• Can Blue Tits Can Save Our Conker Trees?

Posted August 28, 2012:

• Raccoons Spreads Dangerous Diseases as They Invade Europe, Spanish Researchers Find

Posted August 22, 2012:

• Survival Without Water: A Key Trait of an Aquatic Invader to Spread
• Losing Stream in Our Battle to Predict and Prevent Invasive Species
• Natural Regeneration Building Urban Forests, Altering Species Composition

Posted August 21, 2012:

• New Species: No Ordinary Forget-Me-Nots

Posted August 17, 2012:

• West Nile on the Rise Again After a Quiet Decade

Posted August 16, 2012:

• Invasive Brittle Star Species Hits Atlantic Ocean

Posted August 13, 2012:

• Florida State Record 87 Eggs in Largest Python from Everglades

Posted August 7, 2012:

• New Pathway for Invasive Species -- Science Teachers

Posted August 3, 2012:

• Predatory Beetles Eavesdrop on Ants' Chemical Conversations to Find Best Egg-Laying Sites
• Invasive Insects Cause Staggering Impact on Native Tree

Posted July 30, 2012:

• Introduction of Asian Ladybugs Into Europe Serious Mistake, Experts Say

Posted July 28, 2012:

• Researchers Monitor 'Red Tides' in Chesapeake Bay Waters

Posted July 25, 2012:

• Mediterranean Earthworm Species Found Thriving in Ireland as Global Temperatures Rise

Posted July 24, 2012:

• Active Forest Management to Reduce Fire Could Help Protect Northern Spotted Owl

Posted July 23, 2012:

• 'Red Tide' Species Is Deadlier Than First Thought

Posted July 20, 2012:

• Eradicating Weed Species in New Zealand Poses a Larger Challenge Than Expected

Posted July 18, 2012:

• What It Takes to Be the Perfect Invading Parasite

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