Spotted lanternflies, Japanese barberry, Oriental bittersweet – When plants and animals like these invade our environment, they can disrupt other organisms that are native to the region. But can we ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – According to recent research by an international team of scientists, non-native species are expanding their ranges at a much faster rate than native species, in large part ...

Native species cannot move fast enough on their own to avoid climate-driven chaos AMHERST, Mass. – An international team of scientists has recently found that non-native species are expanding their ...

Over time, non-native plant species increasingly integrate into native food webs. Their region of origin or relatedness to ...

The view from the kitchen window of my second-floor apartment isn’t all that grand. Just a look at part of a parking area and an alley on one side and the back corner of the building beside my ...

This video exposes three invasive species that directly caused the extinction of native wildlife. Viewers learn how each invader spread rapidly and overwhelmed ecosystems that had no defenses against ...

AUSTIN The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) encourages Texans to take steps to prevent the introduction and spread of harmful invasive species that negatively impact the state’s natural ...

Five capybaras escaped a contained research facility in the state in the '90s. Elizabeth Congdon, an assistant professor at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, is studying the ...

Bringing a wolf to Montrose County would be punishable by fines up to $1,000 per day under a proposed ordinance introduced by the board of county commissioners this week. Ordinance No. 2025-01 would ...

Throughout the ’70s,’80s, and ’90s, Frank Mazzotti would see many rabbits as he drove down to his study site in Florida’s Everglades National Park. Every hundred meters or so, one of them would be ...

It is the season of spring. If you live in West Texas, you have probably seen several species of birds that aren't native to the Permian Basin. However, it is not out of the ordinary. Around this time ...

There is conclusive evidence that Crocidura trichura populations declined dramatically since 1900. In fact, some suspected it went extinct not long after that. But in 1985, researchers spotted an ...