Invasive Species News
April 18, 2024
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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 carbon ...
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 limiting their capacity to disperse seeds and ...
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 ...
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Apr. 16, 2024 Tagging marine animals with sensors to track their movements and ocean conditions can provide important environmental and behavioral information. ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Artificial Intelligence can be used to detect invasive Asian hornets and raise the alarm, new research ...
Apr. 10, 2024 Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe droughts and wildfires, invasive species, and large insect ...
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 ...
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. 4, 2024 The rusty-patched bumblebee, once common in the United States, has declined from about 90% of its former range. Researchers conducted the first range-wide genetic study of the endangered species to ...
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 ...
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. 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 ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 1, 2024 A broader past could mean a brighter future for Canada lynx in the U.S., according to recent research. The study indicates that lynx might do well in the future in parts of Utah, central Idaho and ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Evolutionary biologists have unearthed a new species of tiger beetle, deemed Eunota houstoniana, honoring the Houston region where it predominantly ...
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. 26, 2024 Two red-tailed coral snakes have been observed competing over a caecilian in the first documented wild case of kleptoparasitism within the family ...
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 ...
Mar. 20, 2024 Biologists have published a chromosomally assembled reference genome for the European brown hare. The genome consists of 2.9 billion base pairs, which form 23 autosomal chromosomes, and X and Y sex ...
Mar. 19, 2024 A curious aspect of tree frogs is that they often lay their eggs on the ground where the risk of predation by natural enemies is greater than in the trees where they live. A research team suggested ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Researchers believe a group of killer whales observed hunting marine mammals including sperm whales, as well as a sea turtle, in the open ocean off California and Oregon could be a new population. ...
Mar. 14, 2024 Scientists have confirmed that a potentially fatal dog parasite is present in a portion of the Colorado River that runs through ...
Mar. 13, 2024 A comprehensive study of the floristic diversity of Agguttinni Territorial Park, Nunavut's newest and largest Territorial Park, has documented 141 vascular plant, 69 bryophyte, and 93 lichen ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Imported giant sequoia trees are well adapted to the UK, growing at rates close to their native ranges and capturing large amounts of carbon during their long lives, finds a new ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Rainforest seedlings are more likely to survive in natural forests than in places where logging has happened -- even if tree restoration projects have taken place, new research ...
Mar. 8, 2024 A new study of Joshua trees, kit foxes and solar energy developments highlights the need to consider climate-induced range shifts for species as we expand clean ...
Mar. 7, 2024 The chance sighting of a dead snake beside a sandy track in remote Western Australia, and the investigation of its stomach contents, has led researchers to record the first known instance of a ...
Mar. 6, 2024 The findings suggest that subtropical seagrasses are less resilient to heavy grazing from marine herbivores, in part because they receive less sunlight relative to their tropical counterparts. As ...
Mar. 6, 2024 Invasive plants can stay dormant for decades or even centuries before rapidly expanding and wreaking ecological havoc, finds a new ...
Mar. 2, 2024 After one of the most intense cyclones in world history tore through the Pacific island of Tanna in Vanuatu, new research showed the resilience of the island's ...
Monday, April 1, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Researchers Find Energy Development and Tree Encroachment Impact Wyoming Pronghorn
- Two Coral Snakes Recorded Battling for Prey in a Scientific First
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
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Herbivores, Displaced by Ocean Warming, Threaten Subtropical Seagrass Meadows
- Invasive Plant Time Bombs: A Hidden Ecological Threat
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Genetic Research Revealed Several New Fern Species in Tropical America
- Birds and Bee Lessons as Pacific Field Trips Also Solve 'Michener's Mystery'
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
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
- Reforestation Programs Could Threaten Vast Area of Tropical Grasslands
- Scientists Are Unravelling the Secrets of Red and Grey Squirrel Competition
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Friday, February 9, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 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
Monday, January 29, 2024
Friday, January 26, 2024
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- Sparrows Uniquely Adapted to Bay Area Marshes Are Losing Their Uniqueness
- Ancient Brown Bear Genomes Sheds Light on Ice Age Losses and Survival
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
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Thursday, December 28, 2023
- New Reptile on the Block: A New Iguana Species Discovered in China
- Western Cascades Landscapes in Oregon Historically Burned More Often Than Previously Thought
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- How Technology and Economics Can Help Save Endangered Species
- Same and Different: A New Species of Pit Viper from Myanmar
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
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Monday, December 4, 2023
- In Hotter Regions, Mammals Seek Forests, Avoid Human Habitats
- Crocodile Family Tree Mapped: New Light Shed on Croc Evolution
Friday, December 1, 2023
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
- Dangerous Bee Virus Less Deadly in at Least One US Forest
- Geese 'keep Calm and Carry On' After Deaths in the Flock
- Non-Native Species Likely to Continue Spreading in North America, Australia and Europe
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
- A Fifth of European Red List Flora and Fauna Species May Be at Risk of Extinction
- First Evidence of How the Asian Malaria Mosquito Is Spreading Drug-Resistant Malaria in Africa
- 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
- The Fascinating Relationship Between Mice and a Plant That Flowers Once a Century in Terms of Seed Dispersal
- 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
- Australasia's Hidden Pollination Crisis Could Threaten Biodiversity and Food Security
- Study Uncovers Hundred-Year Lifespans for Three Freshwater Fish Species in the Arizona Desert
- Two Bee Species Become One as Researchers Solve Identity Puzzle
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023
- Unearthing the Ecological Impacts of Cicada Emergences on North American Forests
- Heat Waves Harm Bird Reproduction on Agricultural Lands