What do turkey corn, swamp lousewort, American skunk cabbage, and sneezeweed (gesundheit) have in common? Besides having ...

You’ve probably seen a headline or two about an invasive species taking over. Perhaps you’ve seen a sign warning of non-native plants. But have you ever wondered what those labels actually mean? Are ...

Native plants provide the foundation for environments to support pollinators (like bees), butterflies, birds, and other life above and below ground. However, the supply of native seeds to restore and ...

When animals that aren’t native to an area harm the environment, we usually label them as invasive and consider them bad.

Scientists working to protect the waters of South Dakota from invasive species are calling for people to help out by catching and eating invasive carp—"America's most unwanted fish." Once established ...

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Michigan has a mussel expert who wants to save the native filter feeders from being smothered by invasive mussels now in the Great Lakes. Michael Hillary is a fisheries biologist with the state ...