An invasive species of crayfish that is taking over streams from Minnesota to Maine might be successful because it's not a fussy eater, according to biologists with the University of Cincinnati.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2020
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One of the most invasive species on the planet is able to source food from the land as well as its usual food sources in the water, research from Queen Mary, University of London has found.
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2012
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Just how hard should natural resource managers fight invasive species after they establish? A new University of Illinois study suggests some invaders—even highly successful ones—can die off naturally, leaving native communities ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 13, 2023
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Invasive red swamp crayfish are a serious problem in the Santa Monica Mountains and other parts of Southern California. They devastate native wildlife, including threatened species such as the California red-legged frog, ...
Ecology
Aug 7, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just a few years ago, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's research station in Boulder Junction, Wis., were growing sick of a crustacean delicacy - the rusty crayfish. Roughly 90,000 of the ...
Ecology
Nov 4, 2010
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Four years ago, UW-Madison researchers wrapped up a multi-year effort to dramatically reduce the population of a destructive invasive species in a northern Wisconsin lake.
Ecology
Sep 9, 2013
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More than just a spicy night snack, the crayfish has been endowed with greater significance. Prof. Zhu Xifeng's team from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) made ...
Materials Science
Dec 22, 2020
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Nature sometimes copies its own particularly successful developments. A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam and the Ben-Gurion University at Beer-Sheva in Israel has now ...
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2012
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A small, rare crayfish thought to be extinct for 30 years has been rediscovered in a cave in the City of Huntsville in northern Alabama by a team led by an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Because we’re so smart compared to other species that live on this planet, people tend to ascribe certain abilities as innately human. One of these traits is the ability to lie or cheat. This is because ...
