Many of Australia's unique freshwater fish species are edging closer to extinction, with new research warning that the nation's Wet Tropics is facing an escalating conservation crisis.

Study says estuaries are particularly vulnerable to alien species

The sea-level rise driven by climate change could help invasive marine species spread into newly flooded coastal areas, threatening biodiversity and some...

Email 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Reddit 0 X Linkedin 0 Stumbleupon 0 With city growth and urban sprawl, could these changing landscapes be giving invasive species a competitive edge? Scientists at the…

Sea-level rise may create a new front for the landward expansion of marine invaders into inundated areas. The authors explore the probability of this, projecting that more than two-thirds of inundated...

Some say using synthetic biology to change the DNA of plants and animals could help species survive threats. Others say the technology is far too dicey.

'It's not fraudulent, and it's not really slop,' one expert says

SWOT is exposing humans’ effects on rivers—and challenging flood prediction models

The author took scientists on fishing expeditions and mailed specimens to Philadelphia while he was between books.

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The "highly invasive" shrimp are larger than native species and can damage ecosystems.

Once you have gone through the effort of collecting a global database, you can start playing with it. And one of the most fun things to play with, I’d say, is general ecological theories &#82…

Rapid evolution may shape the success of invasive species. This study shows that the invasive plant species Erigeron canadensis repeatedly evolved increased competitive ability after introduction, and...

BBC footage shows yellow crazy ants using formic acid to overpower red crabs, highlighting an invasive species crisis that has devastated Christmas Island's ecosystem for decades.

Sequence found in Sars-CoV-2 had never been seen in another bat coronavirus until now

Europe’s major rivers are at record low water levels: the Rhine and the Danube, the Po in Italy, and the Loire in France. Across central Europe, retreating…

Biological invasions can severely harm the welfare of animals, causing them to suffer. AWICIS is a new framework that can be used to assess the severity of these impacts.

Reflecting on a decade of IPBES assessments, the outgoing Executive Secretary identifies the scientific priorities—systems thinking, transformative change, and business engagement—needed to accelerate...

Urbanization significantly influences biological invasions, with developed cities exhibiting higher non-native vertebrate richness. Key factors include propagule pressure, habitat modification and cli...

The invasive spotted lanternfly has been confirmed in Canada, according to the Canada Food Inspection Agency, which is urging Canadians to take action if they spot it.

A fur-farming experiment unleashed a prolific rodent—and sparked one of the rare successful eradications of an invasive species.

An invasive insect known to kill grapevines and impact other crops and trees has been detected for the first time in Canada by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). And that first detection happ...

More common extreme weather events can create opportunities for invasive species to spread.

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/PRNewswire/ -- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the Colossal Foundation, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm of Colossal Biosciences, today announced a...

Good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for growing populations around the country, scientists say

27 August 2026 – Chloé Arson, Tomislav Friščić, Julie Lockwood, Sameer Sonkusale, Phillip Zamore and Ethan Zuckerman have been named McGill University’s inaugural Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of C...