invasive species

A harlequin ladybird. Credit: spacebirdy/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Harlequin Ladybird Is a Conqueror Extraordinaire Among Bugs

The Wire Staff 29/05/2017

Humans either accidentally imported the ladybird from different locations...

Widespread Invasive Species Control Is a Risky Business

R. Keller Kopf, Dale Nimmo and Paul Humphries 26/05/2017

Before we decide to eradicate or control an invasive...

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Infinite in All Directions: The Five Fronts of Consciousness, an Old Frontier

Thomas Manuel 19/12/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

The Barbie typewriter. Credit: uriba/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Infinite in All Directions: Barbie Typewriters, Aftershock Landslides, the CRISPR Patent Battle

Vasudevan Mukunth 12/12/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

Lantana camara, an invasive species, in Kilakottai, Tamil Nadu. Credit: kumaravel/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

India Knows Its Invasive Species Problem But This Is Why Nobody Can Deal With it Properly

Ankila J. Hiremath and Siddhartha Krishnan 11/12/2016

In 2001, economists pegged the costs of damages caused...

A lionfish. Credit: benpopik/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Making a Meal of Invasive Species Can Sometimes be a Prickly Issue

Vasudevan Mukunth 11/04/2016

Can humans solve the lionfish invasion problem by eating...