Tag: nonnative

October 27, 2020

Washington tracks Asian giant hornet to nest for first time

Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologists have tracked a nonnative Asian giant hornet back to its nest for the first time. After collecting three hornets, the team fitted them with...

October 13, 2020

Nonnative species increasing worldwide

By 2050, researchers predict alien species worldwide will increase 36% from 2005 numbers. Using a mathematical model, the team calculated how many nonnative species would arrive based on historical invasions...

January 17, 2018

Unusually cold Florida weather causes cold-stunned iguanas

In early January, Floridians were shocked to see green iguanas (Iguana iguana) falling out of trees or lying on the ground, apparently dead. But the iguanas weren’t dead — they...

December 20, 2017

Nonnative frogs boost nonnative birds in Hawaii

It’s the coqui frog’s (Eleutherodactylus coqui) unusually loud call that got on Hawaiians’ nerves after it was accidentally introduced from Puerto Rico in the 1980s. But new research shows the presence...