“With the warming climate, you can have plant species that are normally relegated to Florida now can grow in Georgia,” said Leonard. “We're already seeing some native plants moving.

Together, invasive species and climate change can interact to degrade natural and built infrastructure resilience, impacting rural and urban communities. We should actively work to mitigate these ...

Invasive species are not always harmful; some can even provide key benefits to native habitats in an era of climate change. Canadian conservation efforts should embrace the movement of species.

“So, computer models are crucial for understanding the effects of climate change on species interactions.” Small changes, big impacts The spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) was first introduced to the ...

The assessment builds on a 2019 report published by the Environmental Law and Policy Center and conducted by a team of scientists from around the region.

The high water allowed large common carp, a non-native species in Lake Ontario, to get into the wetland, spawn, feed voraciously and uproot plants. There could be more problems ahead, McDonald said.

Climate change is accelerating forest defoliation by helping invasive species spread New models predict that climate change will lead to an increase in invasive spongy moth outbreaks, already ...

Introduced in the the Americas during the 1500s, these invasive pigs – also known as wild hogs, feral pig, razorbacks or swine – have made themselves at home across more than three quarters of ...

Research has shown that climate change has exacerbated the situation. One study found that at least a third of new introductions of invasive species in the last 200 years have occurred since 1970.

Obviously, we'd prefer climate change to not be happening. But given that it is, it's a good thing that species are able to migrate and adapt. That's how nature is going to survive the climate crisis.

However, amid climate change and invasive species, that could be under threat. Just like in the human world, North Carolina is also home to a lot of transplants moving here in the insect world.

In this Sept. 8, 2011, photo shows goats feeding on a deep pocket of brush, in Portland, Ore. Deep in the Portland wilderness, invasive species rule.