Invasive Species
Latest about invasive species
Gruesome video reveals the moment a 5-foot alligator corpse was cut from the gut of a dead python
By Harry Baker published
In a viral Instagram video, pathologists remove a dead 5-foot alligator from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python.
19 python babies and their massive mom nabbed in Florida nursery raid
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Officials removed two breeding females and many hatchlings.
Invasive crazy ants are being annihilated by murder fungus. Good.
By Mindy Weisberger published
Crazy ant colonies in North America are being driven to extinction by a fungus that targets the invasive pest species.
False widow spider preys on baby bat in never-before-seen encounter
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Before now, the species had never been seen catching bats.
Can nonhuman animals drive other animals to extinction?
By Patrick Pester published
Humans have sent many species to extinction, but can other animals do the same?
Toxic cane toads are invading Taiwan. Conservationists race to contain warty amphibians.
By Harry Baker published
Taiwan is racing to contain an outbreak of invasive cane toads, which likely escaped from a black market breeder.
Alien organisms could hitch a ride on our spacecraft and contaminate Earth, scientists warn
By Patrick Pester published
Scientists warn that increased space exploration raises the risk that alien organisms will invade Earth and that Earth organisms will invade other planets.
Giant, invasive spiders have taken over Georgia. Will they spread across the US?
By Ben Turner published
Experts believe that the spiders, which arrived in 2014, could spread across more of the southern U.S.
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