Posts Tagged ‘invasive species’
Animal’s daring guide to hitchhiking
MONASH (AUS) — Hitchhiking, once believed to be the exclusive domain of beat poets and wanderers, is an activity for daring members of the animal kingdom, new research shows. Continue…
Monday, November 7, 2011 11:21 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Oct 24, 2011 10:10 - 0 Comments
iPhones needed in NY to track stink bug
CORNELL (US) — A new hobo pest is pigging out on a significant number of North America’s most important crops in what experts say is an unprecedented threat to U.S. agriculture. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 21, 2011 10:29 - 3 Comments
Florida: No. 1 in world for invasive reptiles
U. FLORIDA (US) — Florida has the world’s worst invasive amphibian and reptile problem, with 137 non-native species introduced into the state between 1863 and 2010. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 15, 2011 9:07 - 0 Comments
‘Unwelcome’ mat for invasive species
UC DAVIS (US) — Screening potentially invasive wild animals to prevent them from being introduced to the U.S. could yield net benefits from about $54,000 to $141,000 per species, according to a new analysis. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 8, 2011 10:54 - 2 Comments
Dead smell freaks out pool of lampreys
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — The scent of their deceased brethren sends sea lampreys into a self-preservation tizzy as their alarm cues go into overdrive in an attempt to escape. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 1, 2011 9:11 - 0 Comments
Tree DNA clears Ben Franklin
RICE U. (US) — Tallow trees imported from China are overrunning thousands of acres of U.S. coastal prairie, but new research has found Benjamin Franklin not guilty of aiding and abetting the enemy. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 15, 2011 11:48 - 0 Comments
Chem war: Native ants poison invaders
STANFORD (US) — Argentine ants—seemingly set on world domination—may have finally met their match in California’s plucky and poisonous native “winter ants.” (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 11, 2011 15:20 - 0 Comments
Invasive plants don’t run amok
U. MINNESOTA (US) — Overachieving super-invader plants aren’t such a threat after all, according to a new study that finds when plants move to a new region, they are no more abundant than they were in their native range. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 3, 2011 13:37 - 0 Comments
Southwest welcomes tree-eating beetle
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Simply by eating the leaves of an invasive tree that soaks up river water, an Asian beetle may help to slow down water loss in the southwestern United States. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 29, 2010 13:48 - 1 Comment
Home is where the pest threat is
PENN STATE (US) — An invasion from insect pests is likely to be home grown. A study reported in Nature Communications finds the greatest threat comes from neighboring U.S. states not other countries. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 20, 2010 10:54 - 4 Comments
Hey, this invasive crab’s not all bad
BROWN (US)—A mysterious foreigner washed up on the New Jersey shore in 1988. The Asian shore crab likely arrived in ballast from commercial ships. Instead of wreaking havoc, researchers have found the crab has carved out a hospitable niche and in fact gets along just fine with native species. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2010 15:17 - 0 Comments
Stressors choking life out of NY rivers
SYRACUSE U. (US)—More than one-third of the 90-kilometer length of Central New York’s Three Rivers system failed to meet the state’s water quality oxygen standard in a recent study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 7, 2010 11:16 - 0 Comments
Don’t blame boats for fatal fish virus
CORNELL (US)—A virus that has killed large numbers of fish in several Great Lakes since 2005 may have been present for decades. The recent finding casts doubt on the theory that ships recently introduced the deadly virus. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 14, 2010 13:24 - 0 Comments
Invasive duo threaten Great Lakes sport fish
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Two notorious Great Lakes invaders—the zebra mussel and the round goby—now play a central role in transferring toxic chemicals called PCBs up the food chain and into Saginaw Bay walleyes, one of that region’s most popular sport fish. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 19, 2010 10:01 - 2 Comments
Fungus in golf-course grass wreaks havoc
RICE U. / INDIANA U. (US)—A fungus living inside a popular turf grass called tall fescue, used widely for golf courses and home lawns, is having far-reaching effects on plant, animal, and insect communities. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 5, 2010 12:10 - 0 Comments
Sizable snail threatens endangered bird
U. FLORIDA (US)—A huge South American snail is wreaking havoc on its predator, the snail kite, an endangered Everglades bird of prey. (more…)
