Invasive Species News

Posted February 9, 2012:

• An Economic Analysis of Emerald Ash Borer Management Options

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Continental Mosquito With 'Vector' Potential Found Breeding in UK After 60 Year Absence

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Invasive Alien Predator Causes Rapid Declines of European Ladybugs

Posted January 30, 2012:

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

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Climate Change Invites Alien Invaders: Is Canada Ready?

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Novel Anti-Viral Immune Pathway Discovered in Mosquito

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

Posted December 26, 2011:

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

Posted December 16, 2011:

• Researchers Demonstrate New DNA Detection Technique

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Scientists Examine Toxicity of Medicinal Plants in Peru

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Chemical Warfare of Stealthy Silverfish: Parasites Hide by Covering Themselves in Ants' Scent

Posted November 28, 2011:

• Marine Biodiversity Loss Due to Global Warming and Predation, Study Predicts

Posted November 22, 2011:

• Great Lakes Fish Feed on Invading Shrimp

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Do Not Harm Invasive Species That Pollinate, Study Warns

Posted November 6, 2011:

• Coasts' Best Protection from Bioinvaders Falling Short: Not Enough Ships Able to Flush out Invasive Species Before They Reach Port

Posted November 3, 2011:

• Climate Change Causing Massive Movement of Tree Species Across the West

Posted November 1, 2011:

• Pesky Ants Found in Hawaii Demonstrate Invasive Characteristics

Posted October 24, 2011:

• Salt Gradient Limits the Invasive Comb Jelly

Posted October 20, 2011:

• West Nile Virus Transmission Linked to Land Use Patterns and 'Super-Spreaders'
• Don't Panic: The Animal's Guide to Hitchhiking
• Gypsies, Graveyards and Mysterious Plants

Posted October 11, 2011:

• How Life Might Have Survived 'Snowball Earth'

Posted October 7, 2011:

• Prague's 88 Nature Reserves Threatened by Invasive Plant Species
• Market Transactions and Economics in General Affect Biological Invasions
• 'Non-Invasive' Cultivar? Buyer Beware

Posted September 30, 2011:

• Toxic Red Tides: Scientist Tracks Neurotoxin-Producing Algae

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Breath-Takingly Simple Test for Human Exposure to Potentially Toxic Substances

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Location Matters: For Invasive Aquatic Species, It's Better to Start Upstream

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Evolutionary Traps in Human-Dominated Landscapes

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Fast-Evolving Genes Control Developmental Differences in Social Insects

Posted September 16, 2011:

• New Threat Closes in on Iconic Galápagos Wildlife

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Invasive Amphibians, Reptiles in Florida Outnumber World, Study Finds

Posted September 9, 2011:

• Invasive Forest Insects Cost Homeowners, Taxpayers Billions

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Entomologists Begin to Control Winter Moth Infestation in Eastern Massachusetts
• Tree Rings Reveal Forest Fires from Hundreds of Years Ago

Posted September 6, 2011:

• Invasive Leafy Spurge Weed: Digital Cameras Open New View of America's West

Posted September 2, 2011:

• Firewood Movement Leading Cause of Oak Infestation in San Diego County, Researchers Find

Posted September 1, 2011:

• Tree-Killing Pathogen Traced Back to California
• Forests Under Threat from Exotic Earthworm Invasion: Study Shows Humans to Blame for Spread of Non-Native Species

Posted August 30, 2011:

• Are New England's Iconic Maples at Risk?

Posted August 16, 2011:

• Scientist Develops Sterile Variety of Invasive Plant
• Climate Change Could Drive Native Fish out of Wisconsin Waters

Posted August 12, 2011:

• Standing Water and Mosquito Breeding in Cities

Posted August 11, 2011:

• The Flight of the Bumble Bee: Why Are They Disappearing?

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Waging War on Invasive Plant Species: Effects of Invasives Persist Even After Removal
• Rural Road Maintenance May Accidentally Push Spread of Invasive Plants

Posted August 5, 2011:

• Sea Lampreys Fear the Smell of Death: Repellant Could Be Key to Better Controlling Destructive Invasive Species

Posted August 2, 2011:

• Competition With Humans Responsible for Decline of New Zealand's Endangered Sea Lions, Study Shows

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Research on Endangered Guam Cycads: Fadang Photo Makes the Cover of Major Botanical Journal

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