In the UK, the American mink is an invasive species. They were brought to the UK for fur farms in the last century. Thousands of them escaped and are now established in the countryside. They threaten some of UK’s native species including the water vole …
The Times reports on the alleged failure of a scheme to eradicate stoats from Orkney. The problem is this: when you eradicate an invasive species from a selected area you have to do it quickly enough to outstrip the procreation of the animal. This is …
The cane toad is an invasive species in Australia. Australians don’t like invasive species because they often attack native species. Australians love their native species and will do anything to protect them. Australia’s native species are threatened primarily by human activity and population growth which …
New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that nearly all of Australia’s 200 million rabbits come from one group of foundation rabbits introduced into Australia in 1859 by a man called Thomas Austin. At the time he was in …
Florida, USA: The Times reports on a particularly unpleasant invasive species; the giant African snail which is considered to be one of the world’s most damaging molluscs. It has a voracious appetite and the ability to spread deadly diseases. It has been found in Florida, …
