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Invasive Species
Invasive species, also called introduced species, alien species, or exotic species, any nonnative species that significantly modifies or disrupts the ecosystems it colonizes. Such species may arrive in new areas through natural migration, but they are often introduced by the activities of other species.
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NOV 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2024Earth & The Environment
Larvae from a seriously invasive species of mussels have been detected in a portion of the Colorado River, and experts a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2024Microbiology
The invasive brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus, is native to South Africa, but has moved to several places aro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
When a non-native organism enters a new habitat, that species is considered invasive, and it can wreak havoc on plants, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Mercury (Hg) is an extremely toxic element. The use of mercury in industry is being phased out in many places ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2023Microbiology
Bedbug is an umbrella term for about 90 bug species in the Cimicidae family. Only a few of these species commonly bite h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2023Earth & The Environment
Freshwater ecosystems are a crucial part of the world's climate; they provide a habitat for a wide variety of plants and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
As fast fashion and production of goods ramps up around the world, textiles are an increasingly large portion of the was ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandAPR 12, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Two male yellow crazy ants can be seen in this image ©:Hugo Darras. Scientists discovered that these insects are chimera ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2023Microbiology
Fungi that can cause lung infections are all over our environment. Recent research has highlighted how much fungal speci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Wild plants are everywhere. So why do some become pests? New research has studied how agriculture created that problem f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Life finds a way, even at the bottom of the cold Antarctic Sea. However, the organisms at the bottom of the Antarctic mi ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 30, 2022Microbiology
The World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the threat posed by fungal pathogens in a new report, which is calli ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in ISME Communications, a team of researchers led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 14, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota (U-M) conducted a five-yea ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 05, 2022Plants & Animals
Here’s a little good news for the day: certain areas of the Great Barrier Reef have the highest amount of coral co ...Written By: Ryan VingumAPR 28, 2022Cancer
It is estimated that over 250.000 men in the United States will receive prostate cancer diagnoses in 2022, acc ...Written By: Katie KokolusMAR 28, 2022Plants & Animals
Morphine is a synthetic narcotic designed to treat severe pain. As an opioid, tt is created from opium, or the seeds fro ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAR 14, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are full of little machines that perform critical functions, like mitochondria, which are known as the powerhouse ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great research model. They develop quickly and in their early stages, they remain transparent. The littl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2022Earth & The Environment
Feral swine have been part of the American landscape for centuries, though they are not native. Pigs were released to th ...Written By: Samantha LottJAN 25, 2022Earth & The Environment
Tropical reefs are facing threats from climate change from multiple angles: warming waters, more acidic waters, invasive ...Written By: Samantha LottJAN 24, 2022Plants & Animals
Researchers have recently discovered a new species of worm that can infect tarantulas, and have named the worm Tarantobe ...Written By: Ryan VingumJAN 10, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There's lots of stuff we can't see in the air, and it seems that includes DNA. Two new studies in Current Biology have r ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Larvae from a seriously invasive species of mussels have been detected in a portion of the Colorado River, and experts a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2024
Microbiology
The invasive brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus, is native to South Africa, but has moved to several places aro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
When a non-native organism enters a new habitat, that species is considered invasive, and it can wreak havoc on plants,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Mercury (Hg) is an extremely toxic element. The use of mercury in industry is being phased out in many places ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2023
Microbiology
Bedbug is an umbrella term for about 90 bug species in the Cimicidae family. Only a few of these species commonly bite h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Freshwater ecosystems are a crucial part of the world's climate; they provide a habitat for a wide variety of plants and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
As fast fashion and production of goods ramps up around the world, textiles are an increasingly large portion of the was
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
APR 12, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Two male yellow crazy ants can be seen in this image ©:Hugo Darras. Scientists discovered that these insects are chimera
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2023
Microbiology
Fungi that can cause lung infections are all over our environment. Recent research has highlighted how much fungal speci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Wild plants are everywhere. So why do some become pests? New research has studied how agriculture created that problem f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Life finds a way, even at the bottom of the cold Antarctic Sea. However, the organisms at the bottom of the Antarctic mi
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 30, 2022
Microbiology
The World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the threat posed by fungal pathogens in a new report, which is calli
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in ISME Communications, a team of researchers led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 14, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota (U-M) conducted a five-yea
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 05, 2022
Plants & Animals
Here’s a little good news for the day: certain areas of the Great Barrier Reef have the highest amount of coral co
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
APR 28, 2022
Cancer
It is estimated that over 250.000 men in the United States will receive prostate cancer diagnoses in 2022, acc
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAR 28, 2022
Plants & Animals
Morphine is a synthetic narcotic designed to treat severe pain. As an opioid, tt is created from opium, or the seeds fro
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAR 14, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are full of little machines that perform critical functions, like mitochondria, which are known as the powerhouse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great research model. They develop quickly and in their early stages, they remain transparent. The littl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Feral swine have been part of the American landscape for centuries, though they are not native. Pigs were released to th
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
JAN 25, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Tropical reefs are facing threats from climate change from multiple angles: warming waters, more acidic waters, invasive
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
JAN 24, 2022
Plants & Animals
Researchers have recently discovered a new species of worm that can infect tarantulas, and have named the worm Tarantobe
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JAN 10, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There's lots of stuff we can't see in the air, and it seems that includes DNA. Two new studies in Current Biology have r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch