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Auckland Island piglets, New Zealand. Photo: Flickr/Jon Sullivan
Wild Pigs Take Toll on Local Species in Hawaiʻi
July 2, 2021

Wild pigs (Sus scrofa), one of the most widely distributed mammals on the planet, have gained notoriety in recent decades due to their devastating impacts to agricultural crops and threats to species of conservation concern.  Recent findings of a team of researchers from the Un

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Johnston Atoll Wildlife Refuge. Credit - www.Touristlink.com
'Crazy' ants that kill birds eradicated from Pacific atoll
June 25, 2021

An invasive species known as the yellow crazy ant has been eradicated from a remote U.S. atoll in the Pacific. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that the ants have been successfully removed from Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

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USGS Biologist Danielle Bradke controls the head of a Brown Tree Snake. Credit - Rick Cruz/PDN
Eradicating snakes on Cocos could make Guam a conservation model
June 24, 2021

Eradicating the brown tree snakes that have invaded Cocos Island could set an example for how Guam and the rest of the world could handle invasive species, Diane Vice, Wildlife Supervisor at the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources said on Friday...The island has the only free-living popula

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Some of the debris washed out to sea by Japan’s 2011 tsunami. Some of it came ashore the following year in the US. Photograph: Science History Images/Alamy
Plastic rafting: the invasive species hitching a ride on ocean litter
June 18, 2021

There is now so much ocean plastic that it has become a route for invasive species, threatening native animals with extinction...Plastic rafting poses a huge and mostly unknown danger.

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Credit - RNZ/Sally Round
Pests destroying native ecosystems ability to store carbon - Forest and Bird
June 18, 2021

Native habitats are increasingly unable to store carbon because introduced pests are chewing through forests, shrublands, and tussocklands, new research says. For the first time, Forest and Bird research has linked the habits of browsing pests to carbon emissions.

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Two days after the beetles were released, there are signs of damage on the leaves of African tulip trees. 21061018
Beetles to bolster battle against invasive tree
June 18, 2021

Introduced insects have landed on Rarotonga making it their new home in a combined effort to control an invasive tree.

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Motutapu Island is having a tough run with four stoat invasions in one year. Photo: Lotte Van Den Hout
Rāhui placed on Motutapu Island as stoats search intensifies
May 21, 2021

The hunt is on for two remaining stoats causing havoc on Motutapu Island. The island has suffered four stoat invasions in one year, with evidence suggesting the stoats swam there...The Department of Conservation (DOC) and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki are now focused on trapping the two remaining stoat

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A Booby chick sits on a nest on a rat-free island in the Indian Ocean. Credit - Professor Nick Graham, Lancaster University
New evidence shows important seabird nutrients reach coral reefs after rat eradication
April 23, 2021

Scientists have provided the first evidence to show that eradicating rats from tropical islands effects not just the biodiversity on the islands, but also the fragile coral seas that surround them.

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Brown tree snake (Boiga ireggularis). Credit - wikipedia.com
More invasive species are coming into Guam and scientists can't keep up
April 10, 2021

As the region’s shipping and transport hub, Guam is a welcoming place for all planes and ships that come by. However, these crafts carry more than travelers and cargo.

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Invasive alien plants have reduced the habitat quality of the Mauritian flying fox, resulting in increased foraging in agricultural lands and urban environments. Credit: Pixabay
Study suggests healthy ecosystems are vital in reducing risk of future deadly pandemics
March 19, 2021

CABI scientist Dr. Arne Witt has shared his expertise on invasive alien plant species as part of a new paper which argues that healthy ecosystems are vital in reducing the risk of future pandemics—such as coronaviruses (including COVID-19) - that threaten human health.

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