Invasive species

Fish leather is here, it’s sustainable – and it’s made from invasive species to boot
An avid diver saw how lionfish have devastated populations of Florida’s native tropical fish and resolved to help solve the problem
Richard Luscombe in Miami
12, Jun, 2022 @12:00 PM

‘The next parakeet’: Britain’s dawn chorus at risk from Asian songbird
Exclusive: invasive red-billed leiothrix could threaten native bird populations such as robins and blackbirds, researchers warn
Phoebe Weston
06, Jun, 2022 @7:01 AM

Bug v killer cactus: Kenyan herders fight to stop a plant destroying their way of life
Imported insect offers a last hope against the invasive prickly pear cactus killing off grasslands and the animals that graze them
Peter Muiruri in Laikipia
06, Jun, 2022 @6:30 AM

Lizards or snakes? The stark game of survival playing out in Ibiza
The growing trend for imported olive trees has brought hoards of invasive snakes to the Spanish island, threatening the future of its wall lizard
Sam Jones in Ibiza
27, May, 2022 @9:00 AM

Shiny but deadly – don’t throw goldfish in rivers, pet owners told
Unwanted lockdown goldfish pose a triple threat to native species in UK waterways, study reveals
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
25, May, 2022 @6:00 AM

South American weevils released in UK waterways to tackle invasive weed
Non-native bugs will be first attempt at using biocontrol on floating pennywort, after years of research
Helena Horton Environment reporter
17, May, 2022 @5:00 AM

How to spot bark beetles and deadly fungus: the UK’s new tree-saving lab needs your help
Hi-tech laboratory launched to save trees from threats including oak processionary moth, emerald ash borer and citrus longhorn beetle
Phoebe Weston
13, May, 2022 @10:53 AM

Ohio woman pleads guilty to selling invasive crayfish species across 36 states
The case is believed to be the first enforcement action of its kind aimed at preventing the advance of the marbled crayfish
Oliver Milman
12, May, 2022 @10:00 AM

US poised to release 2.4bn genetically modified male mosquitoes to battle deadly diseases
The future isn’t female, at least not for the invasive Aedes aegypti: the altered males are engineered to produce only male offspring
Gabrielle Canon
26, Mar, 2022 @10:00 AM

Rack of squirrel, anyone? The chefs putting invasive species on the menu
‘Invasivorism’ is a growing ethical dining trend but is ‘eat them to beat them’ really the answer?
Patrick Greenfield
11, Feb, 2022 @11:30 AM

‘We started eating them’: what do you do with an invasive army of crayfish clones?
It’s been dubbed the perfect invader, but the marbled crayfish may offer a sustainable food source and even help prevent disease
Kate Connolly in Berlin
17, Jan, 2022 @7:45 AM

Bogs, banks and bubble barriers: five great projects to protect nature
Across the world conservation groups, researchers and volunteers are working to combat the five key drivers of biodiversity loss identified by scientists
Max Benato
26, Dec, 2021 @12:15 PM
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