Invasive Species

Seagrass habitats worldwide are in decline due to a number of factors. What happens when an invasive species comes on…

Invasive species can wreak havoc on an ecosystem. Learn about the fishy invasion currently underway in the Mediterranean Sea and…

While the blue flag iris is native to United States wetlands, the yellow variety is invasive and just starting to…

Species invasions have become serious issues in the marine environment, mostly as a result of increased ship traffic. Once a…

Phragmites is the ultimate parent in terms of reproductive success, allowing it to increase in area by 25% since 1971…

Scientists have demonstrated that a human-induced extinction of a tropical lake fish was unwittingly assisted by a millions year old…

Paper: Black, A.N., S.R. Weimann, V.E. Imhoff, M.L. Richter, and M. Itzkowitz. 2014. A differential prey response to invasive lionfish,…

Everyone knows that plants are essential to life on Earth. They use up climate-altering carbon dioxide and provide us with…

Invasive species are known to be harmful to native species, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. But recent research has shown that…