An invasive species is one that is nonnative to a region, thrives in that region, and whose introduction causes harm. This harm can come in the form of environmental damage, economic damage, or damage ...

From Burmese pythons and European starlings to zebra mussels and Great Lake lampreys, the United States is in the midst of an invasive species crisis, impacting local environments both on the land and ...

Great efforts have been made to curtail the introduction of exotic species into the wild. One reason is because some become too successful, threatening the well-being of native species. Many plants ...

When a young Sealaska intern walking a beach in July 2022 found the first evidence of European green crab presence in Alaska – a discarded shell on a beach on Annette Island in the state’s far ...

Ecosystems exist in a delicate balance, and rogue elements can easily tip them out of equilibrium. Invasive species already wreak havoc on the wild spaces and agriculture of New York. The state ...

Washington state will soon have another tool to support long-term management for one of the highest priority invasive species, European green crab, thanks to additional state funding dedicated to ...

European starlings, an invasive species in the U.S., lay blue eggs often mistaken for those of bluebirds or robins. Unlike native birds, starlings outcompete local species and are not protected by law ...

I crept around the back corner of my grandfather’s house, BB gun in hand. The bing cherry tree outside the front porch was being assailed by robins and European starlings, and it was my job to rid the ...

Nobody, but nobody, likes the European starling. As Lyanda Lynn Haupt puts it in the first pages of “Mozart’s Starling”: “In conservation circles, starlings are easily the most despised birds in all ...