Invasive Species
Latest about invasive species
![Jewel damselfish are becoming less territorial and less aggresive due to the presence of invasive rats on nearby islands.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sAM4U7248ZskTynaCELqAJ-320-80.jpg)
Invasive rats are changing how reef fish behave. It's because there's not enough bird poop.
By Harry Baker published
Jewel damselfish living on coral reefs surrounding rat-infested tropical islands have become less territorial and less aggressive due to a bizarre ecological link between the two species: bird poop.
![Hackett holding the giant goldfish soon after catching it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y7U6zhkE8wbs3pPgPkjZui-320-80.jpeg)
Giant 67-pound goldfish reeled in from French lake may be one of the largest ever caught
By Ben Turner published
In an epic tug-of-war, it took the British angler 25 minutes to haul the monster fish, nicknamed The Carrot, to land.
![The alligator corpse shortly after being pulled out from the python's stomach.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zVfYXLgxRpSgjwgEJBuqeN-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Two wildlife officials, one in a parks uniform and one in a neon vest, pose with a clutch of invasive python eggs with young hatchlings in their hands; a second photo shows one official holding an adult python](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b85x92ggv6dJpwqw8qXFGn-320-80.jpg)
19 python babies and their massive mom nabbed in Florida nursery raid
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Officials removed two breeding females and many hatchlings.
![Tawny crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva) are so named because of their quick and unpredictable movements.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xk6kqFPN28aJtNWztx97Kb-320-80.jpg)
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.
![left panel shows a photo of a noble false black widow spider in a web on the side of a house; the right panel shows a bat pup entangled in said web](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RiE95RPNDpUPwShMu9owqU-320-80.jpg)
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.
![A photo of a domestic cat watching a small bird.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PrVyFSJ5E4i5Wkx3r3jKhP-320-80.jpg)
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?
![Taiwan is currently fighting to contain an invasion of toxic cane toads (Rhinella marina).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LFDFpY4xuYBg8zZ3xtemE3-320-80.jpg)
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.
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