Emily Dombrowski ’23 earned dual degrees in marine biology and French from the College of Charleston, where she discovered ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

The invasive snail species Bulimulus sporadicus was discovered at the Port of Brisbane in March. Biosecurity officers arrived within hours and have collected and killed more than 350 of the pests ...

Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions.

South American cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to help eradicate native beetles that were destroying sugar cane crops. The toads didn’t care much for the beetles, but they did spread ...

For an underestimate, the scale is still eye-watering. Between 1960 and 2022, the Nature study suggests invasive species have cost us $2.2 trillion — an annual average of $35 billion.

The species was first detected in Connecticut in 2018. In both its native and invasive range, the longhorned tick is known to transmit a wide variety of pathogens, Molaei said.

“It’s an interesting case of an invasive species attacking another invasive species,” says Viswanathan. A eucalyptus plantation in the Nilgiris. In what experts call a case of one invasive attacking ...

Apart from mechanical and chemical control methods to tackle invasive plant species, scientists also employ classical biocontrol agents such as fungi. Key to the success of a classical biocontrol ...

getty This destruction also comes with a massive cost. Australia has spent over A$18.7 billion a year in cat-related management costs since 1960, more than for any other invasive species.

Red imported fire ants are a species of ant native to South America, and they were first brought to the U.S. in the 1920s via a ship from Argentina. These insects are considered to be aggressive ...

Science Biology Cannibal tadpoles help Australia fight invasive species Researchers have created genetically engineered 'Peter Pan' cane toads. By Andrew Paul Published Apr 10, 2025 9:56 AM EDT ...