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Island Conservation
A boat is on the way to retrieve the Million Dollar Mouse team from Antipodes Island and it has been approved by a team of cute and friendly biosecurity officers. Invasive species like rats and insects often stow away on boats and are unknowingly transported to places where they become invasive species. To prevent this from happening in […]
A new study finds that China and the U.S. pay the highest absolute price and developing countries dependent on agriculture pay the highest relative price for the spread of invasive species. Experts have long known that invasive species disrupt ecosystems and threaten native wildlife. Now, research by Dean Paini and colleagues at the Commonwealth Scientific and […]
Coqui Frogs, invasive species in Hawaii and most recently Southern California, are so shrill that their vocalizations are often mistaken for radio and house alarms. In the 1980’s, Coqui Frogs were accidentally introduced to Hawaii. There they proliferated across the four main islands. They have now become unwelcome invasive inhabitants of some regions in Southern California as well. Coqui Frogs represent […]