Invasive Species

Lionfish: If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em

2013-05-06 00:00:00

In recent years, the Indo-Pacific lionfish — a dramatically striped, finned and armored aquarium fish — has invaded Atlantic and Caribbean coral reefs. It has been spotted off the Southeastern United States, throughout the Caribbean Sea, in...

Study of shipping routes maps delivery of invasive organisms

2013-05-05 07:00:00

When giant container ships sail into major ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach, it's not just clothing and cars that they deliver. They also carry critters. The specimens — microscopic algae cells or larger castaways, such as eggs of fish or...

'Monster' goldfish have long prowled Lake Tahoe, scientists say

2013-02-21 15:57:00

Reports of giant goldfish wreaking havoc in Lake Tahoe may have garnered fresh attention this week, but officials say the feral fish are just part of an army of invasive critters that they've been battling for years. Searching for invasive species...

The Dry Garden: Ornamental grasses, poetry in motion

2011-12-09 16:34:03

Southwestern pond turtle shows signs of a comeback

2011-08-20 16:34:49

Environment: Do we have to choose between clean energy and the animals?

2011-06-07 16:35:56

Are wild horses native to the U.S.? A federal court seeks the answer

2011-06-05 16:33:59

California's new pesticide plan sparks protest

2011-06-24 21:34:11

Conservation group asks White House to commit to national parks

2011-06-28 21:33:46

Officials intercept destructive beetle on Costa Rica pineapples

2011-07-29 16:35:30

Warmer temperatures to expand California exotic grass populations

2011-08-03 16:34:10

It's not all about the beach on Kauai

2010-04-18 00:00:00

Visitors to Kauai who venture beyond the beach may be rewarded with a few hours in a town where time has slowed, at a Hindu monastery high in the hills, a small museum chronicling the history of Kauai and a garden of the gods. HANAPEPE On a typical...

Young bighead carp swim in a tank in La Crosse, Wis., where scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey are trying to develop a poison pill to kill the invasive species.

2012-03-20 00:00:00

Kevin Johnson of the Urbana U.S. Geological Survey office attached a small digital camera to a pair of tethered helium balloons to get aerial photographs of dye injection on the Des Plaines being done to find paths invasive species might take to the Illinois River.

2011-11-17 15:12:23

In a Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, two Asian carp are displayed on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment hearing on preventing the induction of the carp, a aquatic invasive species into the Great Lakes.

2011-09-25 08:43:37