"No joke." Officials issue warning as invasive animals spread rapidly in new territory: 'You shouldn't find them roaming wild' first appeared on The Cool Down.

VANCOUVER - The tiny beetle could scarcely have picked a worse human to fly into. Amateur entomologist Andrew Short was sitting on a bench in downtown Vancouver in June 2023 when the unfamiliar ...

The city is also facing additional restrictions on weed control in the lake. Crescent Lake is designated as a fish habitat, which prohibits the use of chemical treatments for aquatic vegetation ...

Law enforcement officers in Canada conducted a “blitz” of inspections in collaboration with officials in the province of ...

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Who’s the real invasive species: us or them? Ecologists are rethinking urban biodiversity Our cities and suburbs have spiders, rats, raccoons, lizards — and people. Which of us is really the ...

Experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have analyzed how targeted management of invasive alien species (IAS) can reduce extinction risks for threatened species ...

The invasive ants are known to prey on other insects and are capable of displacing native ant species that are critical for seed dispersal, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

New York’s Invasive Species Awareness Week is June 9 to 15. Clean, Drain, Dry is a campaign to reduce the spread of aquatic invasive species. Pests like the emerald ash borer or hemlock woolly ...

Alaska Invasive Species Awareness Week, which runs through June 14, was proclaimed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to spotlight growing threats from non-native plants and animals across the state.

By the time an invasive species is recognized as a problem, it has often become too entrenched to eliminate.