The Economist

Britain’s native farm animals can be rarer than giant pandas

BRITAIN’S ONE-PIG policy was a success. In 1955 the government endorsed an “improved bacon pig” to help revive the ailing pork industry. A few breeds competed for the role but the portly Large White, ...
Newsweek

Scientists Reveal Great Lakes’ ‘Most Unwanted’ Invaders

Researchers have ranked the top 10 most invasive species in the Great Lakes based on the havoc they cause in the ecosystem and their impacts on humans. These species include five fish, two mussels, ...
The Conversation

Extreme weather may help invasive species outcompete native animals – new study

Harry Shepherd receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Non-native species appear to be better able to ...
The Atlantic

Nature Doesn’t Care Where a Species Is From

Conservationists can be quite conservative. It is right there in the name, after all. They like things the way they used to be, in a better past, real or imagined. Their thinking can be slow to change ...