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Giant venomous spiders are the latest invasive species. Why are we getting so many?
Fast Company Magazine· 2 days agoBetween plant-damaging spotted lanternflies, various broods of buzzing cicadas, and now, some giant flying venomous spiders coming out of the woodwork, the number of invasive species ...
Have ‘flying,’ hand-sized Joro spiders reached Ohio yet?
WJW via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAnd there’s a good reason why: the striped arachnids are a thing of nightmares. They...displace...
Claudia Sheinbaum: can a climate-scientist turn around an oil country?
BBC News· 6 hours agoIn Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico has elected the most scientifically experienced climate premier in...
Six Texas freshwater mussels, the “livers of the rivers,” added to endangered species list
Houston Chronicle· 3 days agoThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared six species of freshwater mussels found in Central Texas as endangered and another as threatened. Environmental scientists ...
Boosting Bacterial Genomes to Better Explore the Microbiome
The Scientist· 16 hours agoGang Fang, a geneticist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has proposed a new solution...
Have ‘flying,’ hand-sized Joro spiders reached Ohio yet?
FOX 8 Cleveland· 2 days agoOver the last couple years, American scientists have closely watched the spread of a large, invasive...
New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating
ABC 26 New Orleans· 3 days agoThe rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising...
New Jersey plans to drop the bald eagle from its endangered species list
Associated Press· 4 days agoNew Jersey proposed Monday removing the bald eagle from its endangered species list, citing a...
Cities contain pockets of nature – our study shows which species are most tolerant of urbanization
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoThis idea may seem counterintuitive, since studies show that urbanization is a big driver of biodiversity loss. Cities alter the environment with artificial lighting and noise pollution, which ...
We can stop the spread of invasive species. Here's what you need to know
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoLearn more about which plants are invasive and suggestions on what to plant in their place by...