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 ...

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 ...

As climate change continues to restructure our environment, some species are slowly migrating away from their original habitats. Maybe it's just tens of miles, but they're not always welcome in their ...

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 ...

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 ...

European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them. This time of year, however, ...