invasive species
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Pizzlies, narlugas, and other creatures from our weird changing world
An animated guide to how climate change is remixing species.
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You better learn about this new technology before it transforms the world
Watch this painless explainer on gene drives.
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Humans really are unprecedented in Earth’s geological history — and that’s a bad thing
The science is in! The planet hasn't changed this much since the evolution of multicellular animals.
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Farmed fish are breaking out of their pens at an alarming rate
Fish escaping from aquaculture pens is a really big problem, with a really great name: Fishbreaks!
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Meet the invasives: Burmese python will eat your cat, won’t apologize
It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week. But are they really scary invaders, or exciting new neighbors? The choice is yours.
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Meet the invasives: Asian tiger mosquitos have feelings, too
This week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week. But are they really scary invaders, or exciting new neighbors? The choice is yours.
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Giant pythons are taking over the Everglades
Last week, researchers at the University of Florida got a present — a gigantic Burmese python, the largest anyone had ever found in the Everglades. The good news: It was dead. The bad news: It weighed 164 pounds, measured a record 17.5 feet in length, and was a foot wide. For context, that’s as long […]
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Queen of England to eat invasive species pie
Enemies of invasive species have been advocating for a diabolical solution to doing away with unwanted species: Eat them! And while most people are not down with eating sautéed iguana or lionfish ceviche, on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II will be honored with a gift of lamprey pie — a dish […]
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Carp diem: Making a living off invasive fish [VIDEO]
The Perennial Plate crew joins a fisherman who brings in a giant haul of this invasive fish nearly every day.
