Overpopulation
Making the Best of Invasive Species
Garlic mustard and Asian carp can wreak havoc on their ecosystems, but do they have a future on your dinner plate?
May 25, 2011 |
By Kristin Ohlson
Attack of the Giant Pythons
The Smithsonian's noted bird sleuth, Carla Dove, eyes smelly globs to identify victims in Florida
April 2011 |
By Arcynta Ali Childs
A Plague of Pigs in Texas
Now numbering in the millions, these shockingly destructive and invasive wild hogs wreak havoc across the southern United States
January 2011 |
By John Morthland
The World's Worst Invasive Mammals
Animals as common as goats, deer, rabbits or mice can have a devastating effect on other wildlife
December 20, 2010 |
By Jess Righthand
Jellyfish: The Next King of the Sea
As the world's oceans are degraded, will they be dominated by jellyfish?
August 2010 |
By Abigail Tucker
Invasion of the Longhorn Beetles
In Worcester, Massachusetts, authorities are battling an invasive insect that is poised to devastate the forests of New England
November 2009 |
By Peter Alsop
Denver’s Street-Smart Prairie Dogs
Researchers explore why members of one species are thriving in urban areas while rural populations dwindle
October 02, 2009 |
By Morgan E. Heim
Giant Footprint
How the world's 6.6 billion people threaten the health of the ecosystem
January 28, 2008 |
By Diana Parsell
Species Explosion
What happens when you mix evolution with climate change?
April 01, 2007 |
By Jen Phillips
Death in Happy Valley
A son of the colonial aristocracy goes on trial for killing a poacher in Kenya, where an exploding human population is heightening tensions and stretching resources to the breaking point
February 2007 |
By Richard Conniff
Oh Deer!
Contraception shows promise, but other measures may be needed to lessen the toll that the deer boom is having on forests and suburbs
October 2005 |
By Anne Broache
Sleepless in Hawaii
Insomniac islanders are hopping mad over a tiny frog from that threatens their fragile ecosystem
January 2004 |
By Rita Beamish
Shoot-out at Little Galloo
Angry fishermen accuse the cormorant of ruining their livelihood and have taken the law into their own hands. But is the cormorant to blame?
February 2003 |
By Susan Mcgrath
