After Brian Griffin pulls his boat out of West Loon Lake, a couple of weeds dangle from his trailer and propeller.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 09, 2012 not rated yet 2

Siemens is using a special water-treatment technique to make ship traffic more environmentally friendly. By disinfecting the ballast water in ships, a system named Sicure protects marine environments from ...

Technology - Engineering

May 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

Biologist Jon Amberg has spent the last two years obsessed with fish guts, laboring over a singular challenge: Develop a poison pill that will kill Asian carp and leave other fish unscathed.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2012 2.3 / 5 (4) 0

Mitten crabs, zebra mussels and rock vomit: These and hundreds of other non-native species have invaded coastal regions throughout the United States, often causing dramatic changes to coastal ecosystems and ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

Asian carp should be permanently cut off from Lake Michigan by sheet pile or impermeable land bridges, effectively re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River, according to a study set to be released Tuesday by a coalition ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

Zebra mussels from the Caspian Sea, introduced to North America by accident, are becoming a veritable plague releasing toxic chemicals into the Great Lakes, Canadian biologists say.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 01, 2011 5 / 5 (5) 6

The pages of ecological history are filled with woeful tales of destruction from non-native species -- organisms that originated elsewhere.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 30, 2011 4 / 5 (5) 12

While Asian carp, gypsy moths and zebra mussels hog invasive-species headlines, many invisible invaders are altering ecosystems and flourishing outside of the limelight.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 07, 2010 4.6 / 5 (7) 2 |

How should a country respond to a biological invader that reaches its shores via cargo shipped as international trade?

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 23, 2010 4 / 5 (1) 0

A unique three-year longitudinal and vertical study of Central New York's Three Rivers system—involving the Oswego, Oneida and Seneca rivers—has revealed that oxygen resources have become degraded by several ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 29, 2010 4 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two notorious Great Lakes invaders -- the zebra mussel and the round goby -- now play a central role in transferring toxic chemicals called PCBs up the food chain and into Saginaw Bay walleyes, ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 09, 2010 not rated yet 0

The once-radical idea of somehow plugging the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to stop the flow of unwanted species from spilling between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin is quickly picking up political support.

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 21, 2009 5 / 5 (3) 0

Cloaked in a delicate brown and cream striped shell and measuring a mere inch in length, the zebra mussel certainly doesn’t look ominous. This tiny invasive species, however, has wreaked havoc in waterways ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 14, 2009 3.3 / 5 (6) 3

(AP) -- After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 10, 2009 not rated yet 1

A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 09, 2009 5 / 5 (4) 1