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Nutria: The invasive, unusually large rodentsNutria, also known as coypu or swamp rats, are large rodents that wreak havoc on their non-native ecosystems.
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New invasive mosquitoes descend on Florida, raising concerns of diseaseA species of mosquito from Central and South America has spread to South Florida.
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Black widows are being slaughtered by their brown widow cousins, and we don't know whyBrown widow spiders, which are invasive to North America, are wiping out black widow populations in the U.S. by aggressively attacking them for no clear reason, a new study shows.
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GPS-tagged possums and raccoons could be sacrificed to capture Florida's invasive pythonsResearchers accidentally discovered that GPS-tagged mammals can help locate Florida's invasive Burmese pythons, which are destroying local ecosystems.
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Invasive rats are changing how reef fish behave. It's because there's not enough bird poop.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.
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Giant 67-pound goldfish reeled in from French lake may be one of the largest ever caughtIn an epic tug-of-war, it took the British angler 25 minutes to haul the monster fish, nicknamed The Carrot, to land.
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Gruesome video reveals the moment a 5-foot alligator corpse was cut from the gut of a dead pythonIn a viral Instagram video, pathologists remove a dead 5-foot alligator from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python.
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19 python babies and their massive mom nabbed in Florida nursery raidOfficials removed two breeding females and many hatchlings.
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Invasive crazy ants are being annihilated by murder fungus. Good.Crazy ant colonies in North America are being driven to extinction by a fungus that targets the invasive pest species.
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