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invasive species

Hemlock art installation
Climate Change
As Eastern hemlock trees die off, an art installation creates space for reflection and mourning
The silhouette of roseau cane during a sunset on the Louisiana coast.
Science
In a hungry little insect, a big threat to Louisiana’s coast
Invasive species
Science
Report: Invasive species target islands, coastal areas while upending ecosystems
Welland Canal
Environment
The death and life of the Great Lakes
The spring bloom in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is pictured here.
Culture
Here are a few ways to make the most of wildflower season
a lionfish
Environment
Conservationists want you to eat more lionfish. Wait, what?
Garden in the Woods sandplain
Environment
Invasive species threatening New England’s plant life
Canyon grassland
Environment
Invasive species threaten native grasslands in the Pacific Northwest
An image of a Patagonia beaver taken from a video by Motherboard.
Environment
It’s open season on Patagonia’s voracious, disruptive … beavers?
Conservation volunteers at the Boston Harbor Islands National Park.
Environment
Conservationists fight off invasive species at Boston’s Harbor Islands
Asian Carp
Environment
Environmental detectives are using DNA to track invasive species
Emerald ash borer tunnels scar an infested ash tree near the Merrimack River in New Hampshire. The invasive borers have killed millions of ash trees in North America over the last decade. Now researchers are releasing a small parasitic wasp in a last ditc
Environment
The invasive emerald ash borer has killed millions of trees, but researchers hope a wasp can save some of the survivors
The Asian common toad has lived side by side with other creatures in its native habitat for millennia. But introduced into a new location the mildly poisonous species can wreak havoc on unsuspecting predators. That's why scientists were worried to find th
Environment
In Madagascar, invasive toads are threatening rare wildlife and frightening locals
Environment
Invasive insect species on the move, with big consequences
Environment
Scientists turning to Pakistani insect predator to try and save California citrus industry
“Trash”Animals
Paradise Lost?
Combating Bio-Invaders
Exotic Plant and Animal Invaders
Rock the Boat
Cultivating Weeds
Invasives