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Topic: invasive species

A black widow spider, a venomous species now common in the American West, wrapping up its prey. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Who's the real invasive species?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Gentoo penguins walking on grass (Getty Images/Michael Kai)

Will Antarctica one day be green?

Matthew Rozsa
A large group of the invasive lanternfly on a tree of heaven in Pennsylvania, USA. (Getty Images/Michael J Romano)

Climate change bolsters invasive species

Matthew Rozsa
Small wagtail bird sitting in front of tabby cat in a green lawn (Getty Images/fermate)

How outdoor cats cause mass extinctions

Matthew Rozsa
Joro Spider (Getty Images/Gummy Bone)

Joro spiders are invading the US

Matthew Rozsa
Brown bear crossing road in front of car (Getty Images/Westend61)

How our roads have become so invasive

M.R. O'Connor - Undark
Close-up of yellow crazy ant on green leaf (Getty Images/afe207)

Crazy ants with crazier genetics

Pamela Appea
European shore crab / green crab (Carcinus maenas), alien invasive species at low tide. (Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Just how dangerous are invasive species?

Shelby Vittek - FoodPrint
Big fresh carp (Voren1 via Getty Images) (Voren1 via Getty Images)

A $1.2 billion fish barricade

Tom Johnson - Undark
Red cat caught a bird in the garden (Getty Images/Pavol Klimek)

Outdoor cats are an invasive species

Matthew Rozsa
Spotted Lanternfly (Getty Images)

The invasive species of America

Matthew Rozsa
Sea Lampreys, Petromyzon marinus, are an invasive species in the Great Lakes (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Lampreys taking over the Great Lakes

REBECCA REDELMEIER - Undark
Closeup of the red, yellow and black spider Trichonephila clavata in the spiderweb, also known as Joro spider, member of the golden orb-web spiders (Getty Images/HasseChr)

Don't fear the giant, invasive spiders

Matthew Rozsa
Aerial view of containers and cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles on January 19, 2022 in San Pedro, California. (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

Global shipping moving invasive species

Tim Lydon - The Revelator
Spotted Lanternfly colonizes trees along a pathway on the banks of the Green Lane Reservoir, in Berks County, PA on September 16, 2018. A large number of Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) found in area has the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture install a quarantine to reduce the further spread of the for United States invasive species. The life cycle of the planthopper starts in September when eggs are laid and the insect reaches adulthood between July and December. (Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Why the spotted lanternfly must die

Matthew Rozsa
A tree sprouting in a forest (Getty Images)

Australian plant species face extinction

John R. Platt - The Revelator
Japanese Giant Hornet – Vespa mandarinia (Getty Images/Alastair Macewen)

The plot to eradicate the murder hornet

Nicole Karlis
(Marlin Levison/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Asian carp continue to evade scientists

Lorraine Boissoneault - Undark
(Levranii/Getty Images)

Florida's forecast: falling iguanas

Frank Mazzotti - The Conversation
(<a href='url to photographer'>Helko Kiera</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Super rats or sickly rodents?

Jonathan Richardson - The Conversation
(Getty/kosmos111)

Invasive mosquitoes on the move

Harriet Blair Rowan - KFF Health News
FILE - In this June 13, 2012 file photo, Asian carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill. An effort is under way to reintroduce alligator gar into lakes, rivers and backwaters of several states possibly to help control populations of the invasive carp. (AP Photo/John Flesher, File) (AP)

Republicans block Asian carp dam plan

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
A feral pig runs across desert scrub on a ranch near Mertzon, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. (AP/Eric Gay)

How 30-50 feral hogs invaded Twitter

Ashlie D. Stevens
Forever Young Charter Company captain Tony Young, holding a lionfish. (Courtesy of Forever Young/Civil Eats)

If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em

Rebecca Renner - Civil Eats
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