Area of Focus: Invasive Species

December 18, 2024

Citizen science can help detect invasive species early

Platforms like iNaturalist often beat scientific literature to the punch when new incursions occur

December 13, 2024

Invasive species are often threatened in their native ranges

While a threat to biodiversity in their nonnative ranges, some invasive species are disappearing in their areas of origin

December 9, 2024

Q&A: Regulating invasive terminology 

Coming to terms with wildlife terms when dealing with nonnative species

December 5, 2024

Invasive spotted lanternflies thrive in cities

The invasive insects are showing up earlier and remaining active later in New York City

November 27, 2024

eDNA detects invasive snake in Florida 

The new method can detect four invasive species with just one sample

November 1, 2024

Burmese pythons eat big

The invasive snakes are able to eat much larger species than researchers previously thought

October 29, 2024

JWM: Wild pig removal boosts turkey numbers

Swine are known nest predators in southeastern U.S.

October 24, 2024

TWS2024: Burmese pythons eat their way across the continent

Fecal samples reveal that the invasive snakes’ ecological footprint extends past southern Florida

October 23, 2024

American parasite infects Japanese snakes

The pet and aquarium plants trade likely brought the trematode to Asia

October 1, 2024

WSB: Overcoming cats’ phobias can help save other wildlife

Neophobia—the fear of new things—keeps felines away from control devices in Australia