<![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Invasive-species ]]> https://www.livescience.com/tag/invasive-species Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:02:25 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Spotted lanternflies are invading the US. They may have gotten their evolutionary superpowers in China's cities. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/spotted-lanternflies-are-invading-the-us-they-may-have-gotten-their-evolutionary-superpowers-in-chinas-cities WEBQagzHhkRTNuKPqh5cba Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:02:25 +0000 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:09:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Invasive Asian needle ants are surging in US Southeast — and their bite can trigger anaphylaxis ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/ants/invasive-asian-needle-ants-are-surging-in-us-southeast-and-their-bite-can-trigger-anaphylaxis Df8bCFh225SWruVGTNTn4Z Thu, 08 May 2025 14:52:31 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:05:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Truly primal': Watch Burmese python swallow deer whole in Florida Everglades by stretching its mouth to the absolute limit ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/truly-primal-watch-burmese-python-swallow-deer-whole-in-florida-everglades-by-stretching-its-mouth-to-the-absolute-limit o7eQnmgzoREg39dfMnArQL Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:05:31 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ This transparent sea creature can age in reverse ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/comb-jellies-can-age-in-reverse qvEuiepCvQHQVw6Kmzo4hP Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:14:08 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:26:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nearly half a million 'invasive' owls, including their hybrid offspring, to be killed by US ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/nearly-half-a-million-invasive-owls-including-their-hybrid-offspring-to-be-killed-by-us HynExxZnWEjfVSTtxiG6QX Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:46:31 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Canadian 'super pigs' are likely to invade northern US, study warns ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/canadian-super-pigs-are-likely-to-invade-northern-us-study-warns z4jQuk6LzDFuDWVAu7nxSB Tue, 28 May 2024 17:38:26 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Giant 'toe biter' water bugs discovered in Cyprus for the 1st time ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/giant-toe-biter-water-bugs-discovered-in-cyprus-for-the-1st-time XRZGJZXNLsoMFnHXCCnj4T Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:41:15 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch woodpecker evict starling that stole its nest by yanking it out with its beak ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/watch-woodpecker-evict-starling-that-stole-its-nest-by-yanking-it-out-with-its-beak ZjHNFrBfKrh4hxK9yhPDKW Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:44:59 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Giant ball of Burmese pythons having sex discovered in Florida Everglades in record-breaking catch ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/giant-ball-of-burmese-pythons-having-sex-discovered-in-florida-everglades-in-record-breaking-catch c5HbWNNwkCuoMUgYRDuD6 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:33:09 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Giant, invasive Joro spiders with 6-foot webs could be poised to take over US cities, scientists warn ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/giant-invasive-joro-spiders-with-6-foot-webs-could-be-poised-to-take-over-us-cities-scientists-warn YqTDmd2qVKnyvU7if39j3e Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:41:36 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Annual cane toad kill-a-thon is about to start in Australia. Here's how to eliminate the pests humanely. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/toads/annual-cane-toad-kill-a-thon-is-about-to-start-in-australia-heres-how-to-eliminate-the-pests-humanely evpp6t4LHUVQ2SddmMh4FW Thu, 11 Jan 2024 17:08:10 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:52:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ 200-pound 'monster' Burmese python finally captured in Florida after 5 men sit on it ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/200-pound-monster-burmese-python-finally-captured-in-florida-after-5-men-sit-on-it VvQENWGcfYBj4LctYteHpP Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:34:44 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Snake choking on invasive fish the size of its head saved by scientist ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/snake-choking-on-invasive-fish-the-size-of-its-head-saved-by-scientist JLGGmrug7YUjoxvbSktjQe Wed, 20 Sep 2023 06:58:28 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 times humans messed with nature and it backfired ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/times-humans-messed-with-nature-and-it-backfired X2iN5CHUZaWquivJvAfeoG Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Long-held myth says Hurricane Andrew sparked Florida's Burmese python problem. Is it true? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/long-held-myth-says-hurricane-andrew-sparked-floridas-burmese-python-problem-is-it-true XaTJWjjb5gZpuV9dG8hTPa Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:28:42 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rare piranha-like fish with 'human teeth' caught by young angler in Oklahoma ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/fish/rare-piranha-like-fish-with-human-teeth-caught-by-young-angler-in-oklahoma XYkJaS8eNGeyHyiCJKcbt7 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:58:54 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Enormous Burmese python killed in Florida Everglades was about to lay 60 eggs ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/enormous-burmese-python-killed-in-florida-everglades-was-about-to-lay-60-eggs jX9FpGzxm8MU8wW6F3AMMB Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:52:59 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ecologist Tim Blackburn: 'Moths pollinate a wider range of species than bees' ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/moths/ecologist-tim-blackburn-moths-pollinate-a-wider-range-of-species-than-bees eBva8ujady7pnA4HtuzWXm Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:13:30 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:51:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' top 200, twice as many as we thought ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/pablo-escobars-cocaine-hippos-top-200-twice-as-many-as-we-thought AkeK7Ns9GKitLes4EGV7hQ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:49:57 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Burmese pythons are helping rats take over Florida's Everglades — and that could help spread disease ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/burmese-pythons-are-helping-rats-take-over-floridas-everglades-and-that-could-help-spread-disease GLxDLMDZHft7EQSqvrmLAX Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:48:49 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ New invasive mosquitoes descend on Florida, raising concerns of disease ]]> https://www.livescience.com/new-invasive-mosquitoes-descend-on-florida-raising-concerns-of-disease kEYoKHPSSucos2eBnxuDo5 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:44:57 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:18:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Black widows are being slaughtered by their brown widow cousins, and we don't know why ]]> https://www.livescience.com/black-widows-are-being-slaughtered-by-their-brown-widow-cousins-and-we-dont-know-why cfypmXjiMXxdSxSQhE4hyP Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:49:59 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:50:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ GPS-tagged possums and raccoons could be sacrificed to capture Florida's invasive pythons ]]> https://www.livescience.com/gps-tagged-mammals-used-to-catch-pythons a3hdUoJxmL3QP2omKKQ78i Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:32:02 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Invasive rats are changing how reef fish behave. It's because there's not enough bird poop. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/invasive-rats-alter-reef-fish-behavior 7CJi6wGtCWY2gwqaHs5mjc Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:00:06 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Giant 67-pound goldfish reeled in from French lake may be one of the largest ever caught ]]> https://www.livescience.com/man-catches-enormous-goldfish-in-france HhHMHcohhASUxmhXu3NCZ9 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 14:31:52 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gruesome video reveals the moment a 5-foot alligator corpse was cut from the gut of a dead python ]]> https://www.livescience.com/alligator-removed-from-dead-python 6m62p4tWKxsSdZhnLJCiw4 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:00:05 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ 19 python babies and their massive mom nabbed in Florida nursery raid ]]> https://www.livescience.com/invasive-pythons-hatchlings-removed-florida WiyWwuoVctgucC5tUpGGFL Fri, 15 Jul 2022 18:10:10 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Invasive crazy ants are being annihilated by murder fungus. Good. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/parasite-annihilates-crazy-ants ADuWENjaDtzUGh7DrV7RU4 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:01:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ False widow spider preys on baby bat in never-before-seen encounter ]]> https://www.livescience.com/noble-false-widow-spider-catches-bat-photos BeDtHd77Ht6Uqq6K7XtchW Thu, 03 Mar 2022 18:25:17 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:03:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Can nonhuman animals drive other animals to extinction? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/can-animals-make-other-species-extinct VDfLpsu6nh7CgaGvampRpB Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:00:01 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:37:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Toxic cane toads are invading Taiwan. Conservationists race to contain warty amphibians. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/cane-toads-invade-taiwan jKXVY6K58sUn5nsK7nSB9P Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:41:10 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:17:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alien organisms could hitch a ride on our spacecraft and contaminate Earth, scientists warn ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space-exploration-risks-alien-organism-invasion 7Xigch4ehk5g8Ag5MfTCL4 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Giant, invasive spiders have taken over Georgia. Will they spread across the US? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/giant-spiders-invade-georgia nbi9SDkd6Q6uWVqyrbBLpS Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:02:37 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:22:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Giant snails that were eating Florida homes finally eradicated … again ]]> https://www.livescience.com/giant-african-land-snail-eradicated-florida xmK79zUFKzzaneVYAo7ZRF Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:18:53 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:36:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cannibal toads eat so many of their young, they're speeding up evolution ]]> https://www.livescience.com/cane-toads-cannibalism-evolution.html NgeoJz4AKWQcKjwKCPsoS7 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:46:02 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:35:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Murder hornet' nest leads to discovery of 180 adults, 1,500 larvae ]]> https://www.livescience.com/murder-hornet-nest-destroyed-2021.html SZZY36UmareAwQqbKkDhX7 Sat, 28 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Invasive 'murder hornets' are officially back in the US ]]> https://www.livescience.com/first-murder-hornet-record-washington-2021.html DvznpVPNJnrM8ZG8o7VD2Z Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:46:46 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:05:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Football-size goldfish are taking over US lakes ]]> https://www.livescience.com/giant-goldfish-taking-over-lakes.html SLF5hSybpcgCxpUv3AJoid Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:24:20 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ What are invasive species? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/invasive-species.html ZPX8iHdpFCnua4Qt4K5sQo Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:41:23 +0000 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:50:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Crazy worms' have invaded the forests of 15 states, and scientists are worried ]]> https://www.livescience.com/invasive-jumping-worms-spreading-us-states.html nSdRGoFVdmNEmnLwWr4pS3 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:47:07 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:59:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Amazon 'river monster' turns up dead in Florida ]]> https://www.livescience.com/amazon-fish-found-in-florida.html WGPE4J8eHr5Sx6WaanN6HA Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:49:02 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bizarre new type of locomotion discovered in invasive snakes ]]> https://www.livescience.com/snakes-climb-trees-using-lasso-locomotion.html tvzvEnd8ZK63K6ku4H7T5f Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:10:01 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:09:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Would you eat a python to save the Everglades? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/should-people-eat-invasive-pythons-florida.html Mr9YTZwuvCcm5qczLJkjFS Thu, 31 Dec 2020 14:06:19 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:09:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ 200 'murder hornet' queens found inside first US nest of this invasive insect ]]> https://www.livescience.com/murder-hornet-nest-hundreds-of-queens.html 8TuvEWvZk9ADS7eNab4gcW Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:04:20 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:10:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ 1st 'murder hornet' nest in US found and destroyed ]]> https://www.livescience.com/first-us-murder-hornet-nest-destroyed.html BNzstHSMPFw29Ps5VWWi6C Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:42:23 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:03:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here's how to tell a 'murder hornet' from other nasty wasps ]]> https://www.livescience.com/how-to-identify-murder-hornet.html 7qViLAVB2N6GgpPuvvcGgF Thu, 14 May 2020 15:23:58 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:59:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Mind-control' cat parasite has now reached Hawaii's parks ]]> https://www.livescience.com/mind-control-parasite-oahu-cats.html TcfuS2EW2ubkXcdNMvCSEF Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:59:31 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nutria: The invasive, unusually large rodents ]]> https://www.livescience.com/nutria.html JK4nzUAMcesv9RzoxNuTST Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:22:07 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mice Caught Attacking Adult Albatross in Gruesome Video ]]> https://www.livescience.com/mice-feed-on-live-albatross.html hWWeXCrD4avfM3mxifn2GF Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:31:37 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:17:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hunters Set to Round Up Giant Burmese Pythons in Florida Challenge ]]> https://www.livescience.com/florida-python-hunting-challenge.html puNTW9zv8xQUbT5SbghLDA Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:12:32 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:17:39 +0000