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Professor urges students to eat species widely considered 'harmful': 'We eat what we've been studying'

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Cleaner hulls, safer seas? How eDNA checks could spot invasive species early

Antarctic scientists have trialed a DNA "barcoding" technique that could improve biosecurity measures that help protect polar ecosystems from invasive marine species. The research, led by Australian ...
Nature

Biosecurity Science and Invasive Species Ecology

Recent decades have seen biosecurity emerge as a critical field that integrates multidisciplinary approaches to manage the risks posed by invasive species. By combining advances in molecular genetics, ...
Wide Open Spaces on MSN

Florida has a new invasive species and they are not messing around

Getty Image I swear, Florida is the land of invasive species. As if the green iguanas and Burmese pythons were not enough to wreak havoc, the Sunshine State now has another invasive species to contend ...
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How one invasive species is rewiring an entire island’s ecosystem

Quick Take Brown tree snakes are invasive in Guam, depressing populations of native wildlife by eating lizards, birds, and small mammals. Introduced from ship cargoes in the 1950s, these venomous ...
Times Union

From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Bethany Bradley, UMass Amherst; Adrienne Wootten, University of Oklahoma, and Ryan ...
Nature

Biosecurity Science and Invasive Species Ecology

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Environmental Sciences Ecological Applications Biosecurity Science and Invasive Species Ecology Recent decades have seen biosecurity emerge as a ...