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It might be the second half of November, but the wildfire season in California is now functionally approaching a 365-day…
Adam Knox was a week into learning how to capture brown tree snakes on the Pacific island of Guam when the first one…
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It sounds like a B-rated science fiction movie: wallabies implanted with microchips opening their own personal pet…
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Madagascar has an invasive toad problem, and new research suggests that fears about its ecological consequences are…
France is known for many of its cultural items, including exceptional cuisine, wine, and the Louvre. Soon, it may also…
It is a cannibalistic, fist-sized frog covered in a noxious mucous secretion that burns your eyes. Its affinity for…
Don’t underestimate the humble caterpillar. While it might not look all that dangerous compared to humans mainly…
Pollution isn’t the only thing the 2017 hurricane season spread far and wide. Plants and animals were sloshed around by…
The Western Governors’ Association published its first-ever list of the 50 worst invasive species inhabiting that…
As part of a $63,000 research project to devise new and effective ways of pruning back the skyrocketing iguana…
A new insect invader is spreading in eastern North America’s pine forests, and it’s causing trouble wherever its wings…
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