Exotic Species News
May 21, 2024
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May 20, 2024 The study's findings show mergansers arrived in the New Zealand region at least seven million years ago from the Northern Hemisphere, in a separate colonisation event to that which led to the Brazilian ...
May 20, 2024 Variations in water quality can impact the development of the visual system of one species of African fish, suggests a new ...
May 15, 2024 Bee and butterfly populations are in decline in major regions of North America due to ongoing environmental change, and significant gaps in pollinator research limit our ability to protect these species, according to a new ...
May 14, 2024 The balsam woolly adelgid, a tiny nonnative flightless insect, is spreading across the American West killing subalpine fir in northern Utah's recreation-heavy mountain ranges and canyons. Rsearchers document a close association between the pest's ...
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May 9, 2024 After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide ...
May 9, 2024 New research has looked into the potential effects of increased rainfall in regions being earmarked for expansion of temperate rainforests. Amid ...
May 8, 2024 Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and Endangered species of fish that is living in the coastal rivers of Queensland, ...
May 2, 2024 Climate change and human activities like deforestation are causing more fires in central and west Africa's wet, tropical forests, according to the first-ever comprehensive survey there. The fires ...
May 2, 2024 Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Researcher discovered that two species in the genus Angelica are pollinated primarily by hornets. This overturns the conventional belief that Angelica species are 'generalists,' meaning that there is ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Europe's forests have already been severely affected by climate change. Thousands of hectares of trees have already died due to drought and bark beetles. Scientists have now investigated which trees ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Researchers have published a comprehensive study on the invasion of lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea, highlighting a rapid spread and the potential ecological impacts. The research shows the ...
Apr. 25, 2024 In the boreal forest of Western Canada, researchers have considered that both changing climate and increased habitat alteration have enabled deer to push farther ...
Apr. 24, 2024 A groundbreaking study combined novel experimental data within an innovative modeling framework to examine how temperature might affect transmission ...
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Apr. 24, 2024 A new study sheds light on how parasites, often overlooked, can dramatically affect the balance between predator and prey populations. Researchers developed a groundbreaking mathematical framework ...
Apr. 23, 2024 A study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian ...
Apr. 20, 2024 Anticipating changes to ecosystems is often at best an educated guess, but what if there was a way to better tune into possible changes occurring? Researchers have discovered that the silent growth ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Researchers who captured footage of dog attacks on endangered mountain tapirs in Colombia are calling for action to protect threatened ...
Apr. 17, 2024 During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb ...
Apr. 16, 2024 Tagging marine animals with sensors to track their movements and ocean conditions can provide important environmental and behavioral information. Existing techniques to attach sensors currently ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...
Apr. 10, 2024 Ant species living in Boulder's foothills have shifted their habitat over the last six decades, potentially affecting local ecosystems, suggests a new ...
Apr. 10, 2024 Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe droughts and wildfires, invasive species, and large insect outbreaks -- all intensified by climate change -- ...
Apr. 10, 2024 A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which some view as bellwethers of ...
Apr. 10, 2024 A study has analyzed the impact of the rise in sea surface temperature on macroalgae communities over the last four decades. Points at various depths were investigated in a location off the coast of ...
Apr. 9, 2024 Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killing native wildlife by training goannas to avoid eating the deadly ...
Apr. 2, 2024 Scrub mints are among the most endangered plants you've probably never heard of. More than half of the 24 species currently known to exist are considered threatened or endangered at the state or ...
Apr. 2, 2024 The oldest trees in the forest help to prevent the disappearance of endangered species in the natural environment, according to a new study. This is the case of the wolf lichen -- threatened ...
Apr. 1, 2024 In 2022 and 2023, biologists from research institutes in the UK and the Falkland Islands led two expeditions to South Georgia to study the impacts of invasive species on this cold and rugged ...
Mar. 26, 2024 While Wyoming is home to some of North America's most abundant populations of pronghorn that have largely been stable in recent years, a new analysis shows that many herds are experiencing ...
Mar. 25, 2024 When officials make tough calls on which areas to prioritize for conservation, biodiversity is often their top consideration. But there are several types of diversity, and not all of them overlap ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Some plant species will 'win' and others will 'lose' as global warming forces them to move uphill, new research ...
Mar. 21, 2024 A product used to control pest slugs on farms in multiple countries is deadly to least one type of native woodland snail endemic to the Pacific Northwest, according to scientists who say more study ...
Mar. 21, 2024 Forests and streams are separate but linked ecosystems, existing side by side, with energy and nutrients crossing their porous borders and flowing back and forth between them. For example, leaves ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Dog Attacks on Mountain Tapirs Highlight a Growing Threat to Endangered Wildlife
- Unique Field Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Fire-Impacted Forests
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Ants in Colorado Are on the Move Due to Climate Change
- New Report 'braids' Indigenous and Western Knowledge for Forest Adaptation Strategies Against Climate Change
- Deforestation Harms Biodiversity of the Amazon's Perfume-Loving Orchid Bees
- Cold-Affinity Algae Species Are Gradually Being Replaced by Warm-Affinity Ones Off the Coast of Biscay
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- These Plants Evolved in Florida Millions of Years Ago: They May Be Gone in Decades
- Older Trees Help to Protect an Endangered Species
Monday, April 1, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Species Diversity Is Directly Correlated With Productivity in Eastern U.S. Forests
- 'Winners and Losers' As Global Warming Forces Plants Uphill
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Product That Kills Agricultural Pests Also Deadly to Native Pacific Northwest Snail
- Forest, Stream Habitats Keep Energy Exchanges in Balance, Global Team Finds
Friday, March 15, 2024
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Giant Sequoias Are a Rapidly Growing Feature of the UK Landscape
- Rainforest's Next Generation of Trees Threatened 30 Years After Logging
Friday, March 8, 2024
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Herbivores, Displaced by Ocean Warming, Threaten Subtropical Seagrass Meadows
- Invasive Plant Time Bombs: A Hidden Ecological Threat
Monday, March 4, 2024
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Climate Change Threatens Thousands of Archaeological Sites in Coastal Georgia
- Study Finds Drought Fuels Invasive Species After Wildfires
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- First-Ever Report of Nesting of Incredibly Rare and Endangered Giant Turtle
- Gulf Corals Still Suffering More Than a Decade After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Scientists Report
Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- Fungal-Rich Soil May Improve Green Roofs
- As Sea Otters Recolonize California Estuary, They Restore Its Degraded Geology
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- Study Offers Rare Long-Term Analysis of Techniques for Creating Standing Dead Trees for Wildlife Habitat
- A New Perspective on the Temperature Inside Tropical Forests
Friday, January 12, 2024
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
- With Only the Pawprints, Researchers Study Elusive Bobcat
- Nine New Snail Species Discovered in Papua New Guinea, a Biodiversity Hot Spot at Risk
Monday, January 8, 2024
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Thursday, December 28, 2023
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Monday, December 18, 2023
- Global Inventory of Sound Production Brings Us One Step Closer to Understanding Aquatic Ecosystems
- Hotter Weather Caused by Climate Change Could Mean More Mosquitoesv
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2023
- New Insights Into Zebra Mussel Attachment Fibers Offer Potential Solutions to Combat Invasive Species, Develop Sustainable Materials
- Suburban Backyard Home to More Than 1,000 Species
Thursday, December 7, 2023
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Thursday, November 30, 2023
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Thursday, November 16, 2023
- New Study Reveals Huge Potential for Future Waves of Invasive Species
- Climate Change Effects Hit Marine Ecosystems in Multiple Waves, According to Marine Ecologists
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
- A Fifth of European Red List Flora and Fauna Species May Be at Risk of Extinction
- Feral Horses and Peatland Carbon Emissions
- Southern Alaska's National Forests Key to Meeting Climate, Conservation Goals
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Monday, November 6, 2023
- Threatened Sharks and Rays Caught Off Cyprus
- Crust-Forming Algae Are Displacing Corals in Tropical Waters Worldwide
Friday, November 3, 2023
- An Exotic Tick That Can Kill Cattle Is Spreading Across Ohio
- The Kids Aren't Alright: Saplings Reveal How Changing Climate May Undermine Forests
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023
- Unearthing the Ecological Impacts of Cicada Emergences on North American Forests
- Heat Waves Harm Bird Reproduction on Agricultural Lands
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
- How to Help Save Plants from Extinction
- AI Models Identify Biodiversity from Animal Sounds in Tropical Rainforests
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
- Meadow Spittlebug's Record-Breaking Diet Also Makes It Top Disease Carrier for Plants
- Honeybees Are More Selective in Their Choices for Nutrition Than Previously Thought
- Extreme Fires and Heavy Rainfall Driving Platypuses from Their Homes