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This invasive species costs Texas taxpayers millions each year. But can you eat it?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTexas has a wide variety of invasive species, from beaver-sized nutria rodents to the one inch zebra...
Startup aims to convert invasive zebra mussels in Lake Michigan into a renewable product
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPLYMOUTH, Wisc.— AntiMussel hopes to mitigate trillions of invasive zebra mussels infiltrating the...
The westward spread of zebra and quagga mussels shows how tiny invaders can cause big problems
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA boat propeller encrusted with zebra mussels. NPS/FlickrThe zebra mussel has been a poster child...
Hammerhead worms and 3 other invasive species to watch out for in Austin
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe first invasive species in Texas came courtesy of the Spanish explorers, who released pigs into...
Texas leads US for feral hog population. Are they good or bad for the environment?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt's undeniable that feral hogs are bad for the U.S. economy — causing about $2.5 billion a year in...
Boater’s ‘keen eye’ kept costly, invasive hitchhiker out of Georgia lake, officials say
Macon Telegraph via AOL· 2 years agoA man was excited to take his newly purchased boat out on Georgia’s Lake Lanier when he noticed...
Walter E. Long Lake latest body of water in Central Texas 'infested' with zebra mussels
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoZebra mussels, the invasive mollusks known to disrupt ecosystems and damage water infrastructure, have established a reproducing population in yet another Central Texas body of water. Walter ...
Column: Humans have driven 21 more species to extinction. Here's why we should care
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Hawaiian Po'ouli or black-faced honeycreeper. You won't see this bird anymore, because it is...
Invasive hammerhead worm spotted in Tennessee: What to know
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThey rank pretty high on the ick factor with their skinny bodies and weird half-moon shaped heads,...
Amistad Reservoir 'infested' with invasive zebra mussels
Odessa American, Texas via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 20—AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has designated the International Amistad Reservoir in the Rio Grande basin along the Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio as "infested ...
