What you need to know about the giant, ‘flying’ spiders spreading across the eastern US
by Get ready for flying spiders the size of your palm. They could be coming to your neighborhood soon. Joro spiders are spreading rapidly throughout the …
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Are you wary of the giant, parachuting Joro spiders? Here’s what you know.
You may have heard of some people who are not too soft venomous flying spiders can rise with the winds, butterflies love to eat and …
What is biodiversity?
Millions of species of plants and animals have been discovered on Earth and many more are yet to be discovered. They all play vital roles …
Deer and donkey pigs may be more of a salvation than a scourge to ecosystems, study finds
A new paper argues that an unscientific bias against “wild” or “invasive” animals is one of the major stabilizing trends that make ecosystems healthier. Introduced …
6 strange invasive species wreaking havoc in the US, from self-cloning ticks to 20-pound rodents with orange teeth
These strange invasive species can damage crops and soil and threaten native plant and animal species.Monique van Someren/Getty Images; Picture by Tambako the Jaguar/Getty Images; …
Climate change, human activity adds nearly 2,000 species to the threatened list
Among the threatened species are the South Central Pacific and East Pacific green turtle populations, according to Monday’s IUCN Red List report. Warmer waters reduced …