If Asian carp enter the basin, they have the potential to devastate native fish species and alter our aquatic ecosystem, creating a ripple effect that could touch everyone who depends on this delicate web of life for water, food, and livelihoods.

Organisms like zebra mussels enter lakes and waterways through commercial shipping and recreational boating. Other species, like Asian carp, are imported without considering the potential risks and are introduced to the ecosystem.

If you thought fire ants were bad, just wait until you get a load of "crazy" ants. Yes, crazy ants, a species of South American ant whose colony mo...

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From Megan Gannon, LiveScience News Editor: Pesky vines of kudzu native to Asia have crept throughout the southeastern United States in recent deca...

A "baseball-sized" giant African snail that was found in Australia has been killed by country officials who say the animal posed a mammoth threat to l...

As much as my sons delight in the tree, sometimes I daydream about less bedraggled alternatives. Instead of accidental, what if our view had been planned and purposeful? In its place could be something more pleasing. Imagine the space of a single street tree transformed into a small-scale woodland.

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From TakePart's Paige Brettingen: Undoubtedly, the United States exports some of the world's most in-demand products—aircraft and medical equipme...

Already beleaguered by flower snatchers and threatened by habitat destruction and climate change, Florida's wild orchids now face the dreaded boisduval scale.

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After two centuries of human-induced damage, South Georgia would once again host the greatest concentration of seabirds on the planet.

Unless you're a friend or relative of a shrimper, you probably haven't tasted Gulf tiger shrimp. But you may have eaten imported tiger shrimp, possibly without knowing it.