The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary released Tuesday, with ...

Florida ranks No. 1 for invasive species in the continental United States with more than 500 species of problematic animals, birds, plants, and fish ... which may affect water quality. Unfortunately, ...

In southern Alabama or southern Georgia, seeing an American alligator gobble up a beaver amid white water lilies would be a ...

Nutria are recognized as an invasive species capable of destroying native vegetation and agricultural crops. Over the years, ...

The DEM is encouraging boaters to clean their boats both before launching and after taking them out of the water ... rivers in Rhode Island have invasive aquatic plants. You can find a map ...

Aquatic invasive plants, like water chestnut, can shade out native plants that provide food and shelter for native animals and lower dissolved oxygen levels. Invasive fish like round goby can ...

Ecosystem Disruptions: They change the very structure of habitats. Think of invasive plants like kudzu that blanket forests and the sides of freeways, or aquatic species that alter water ecosystems. 3 ...

The barnacles suggested the boat had previously been in salt water. Everything was ... FWP said. Aquatic invasive species include plants, animals or pathogens that are not native to Montana ...

The water chestnut plant, Trapa natans, is a highly aggressive invasive aquatic plant found in lakes ... the chestnut plants have been building populations there since about 2020 and became ...

They can breathe air and live outside water for days ... According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, invasive species including animals, plants and insects could have cost the U.S. $1. ...

Water hyacinths are an aquatic plant that's native to South America and is often considered invasive outside of its native range. The plants may look beautiful along Louisiana's bayous and swamps ...

Removing them has been a big challenge, but recent research finds that water hyacinths can be effective at remediating microplastic from aquatic environments ... and why the plants aren’t ...