One of world’s most biodiverse national parks finds itself in the middle of a simmering and increasingly dangerous territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. The park is also a central pillar of Guyana’s plans to […]
Colorado parks authorities are moving forward with their radical plan to completely rid a lake of zebra mussels. Zebra mussels are a species of invasive freshwater mollusk that have infested lakes across the United States. […]
The state of Colorado says it must destroy a lake in order to save it. Zebra mussels are an invasive pest that causes waterway managers across the United States enormous problems. An invasive species, zebra […]
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has established two new wildlife refuges in the continental US, increasing the number of protected areas under the Service’s care to 570. In celebration of National Wildlife Refuge […]
The global invasive species problem is causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage to ecosystems and protected areas, according to a new report. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) finds that “invasive […]
Large parks on land create biodiversity “spillover” effects similar to marine protected areas, new research shows. Scientists and fisheries managers have long known that marine protected areas—zones where fishing is heavily restricted or banned—become so […]
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