Biological invasions can severely harm the welfare of animals, causing them to suffer. AWICIS is a new framework that can be used to assess the severity of these impacts.
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Invasive alien species don’t only drive out other native species, they also dramatically transform soils, water and ecosystems. A new assessment tool aims to pinpoint the negative environmental impacts.
The latest checklist of Table Mountain flora shows that Cape Town is still a global hotspot for threatened flowering plants.
Invasive alien species become much harder and more expensive to manage as they establish and spread through the landscape. So preventing their arrival is vital.
New AI tech could identify Asian hornets and help scientists eradicate invading colonies.
The new report on alien invasive species doesn’t just concentrate on problems. It also offers solutions.
Australia’s biosecurity system is on high alert for alien invaders. Here’s a hit list of eight baddies we believe pose the greatest threat to Australia’s biodiversity.
Alien invaders are penetrating the borders of every country in the world. Now the full extent of the problems and potential solutions have been exposed, in a new United Nations report.
What happens when wild native bush rats meet cockroaches they’ve never seen before?
New research has found that since the mid-1980s, the economic impact of invasive reptiles and amphibians totals more than US$17 billion.
Macaques are an alien species - and the endemic plants and animals of the island haven’t adapted to protect themselves against these monkeys.
Dingoes have evolved under Australian conditions. That’s just one step in the path the iconic dog has taken to become native.
Without urgent action, Australia will continue to lose billions of dollars every year on invasive species.
Even if aliens exist, are intelligent like humans and interested in making contact with us, what are the chances they’ll be close enough for us to hear them screaming their presence into the cosmos?
When scientists first thought to deceive predators with bird smells, the idea seemed crazy. But after seeing how fake news messes with the minds of both humans and animals, it now makes sense.
Considering what we know about the key ingredients for life’s formation on Earth, here are three explanations for how this process may have occurred on our sister planet.
The rapid invasion is a major threat to the environment and rural people’s livelihoods.
Scientists and soldiers deal with alien invaders in the new Predator movie, but how does the science stack up? With brains and brawn you’d think they’d know how to keep an alien tied down to a table.
Developing countries have been slow to react to the alien species problem. Its impact can be massively reduced if policies are developed to deal with the issue.
Many alien plants and animals have been introduced to Africa from other regions and spread from country to country, often having devastating effects.
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Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW
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Director of the Wildlife Crime Research Hub, Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow, Adelaide University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Director of the Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria
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Researcher at Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Applied Mathematics, Adelaide University
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Assistant Professor Freshwater Ecology, Invasive Species, Bioeconomics, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor in Natural Resource Economics, Adelaide University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University
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Professor in Ecology and Conservation, Monash University
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Pretoria