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Italy Has Unleashed 130,000 Baby Octopuses Against an Invasive Crab Army
Italy has tried paying fishermen to catch millions of invasive blue crabs, but the invasion has continued to overwhelm parts of the Adriatic coast. Now scientists are taking a far stranger approach: releasing an army of tiny octopuses into the sea and hoping one of nature’s own predators can help restore the balance. Around 130,000…
Scientists Are Using a Deadly Tree Disease to Help Bring America’s Elms Back
For generations, enormous American elm trees were a familiar part of towns, forests, schoolyards, and riverbanks across the United States. Then Dutch elm disease arrived and changed the landscape, killing tens of millions of trees and leaving the towering elms that once defined many communities far harder to find. Now, scientists are fighting back with…
Toxic Hammerhead Worm Invades Texas Triggering Warnings Across the State
Texas has been dealing with droughts, heat waves, hurricanes and the regular lineup of nature’s chaos for as long as anyone can remember. But nothing quite prepares you for the moment your neighbors start whispering about a long, slick, snake like creature sliding across driveways after storms. A creature that dissolves earthworms, regenerates when chopped…
Robot Bunnies Are Being Deployed in Florida to Fight Invasive Pythons
In the stillness of the Everglades, danger often moves unseen. Beneath the swaying sawgrass and mirrored wetlands, a predator coils in silence longer than a pickup truck, heavier than a grown man, and capable of swallowing a deer whole. Over the past four decades, the Burmese python has transformed this subtropical wilderness from a tapestry…
A Decapitated Python In Florida Everglades Suggests Bobcats Are Resisting Their Invasion
Wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek thought he knew exactly what he would find when he followed the radio signal from Loki, a 13-foot Burmese python equipped with tracking technology. December 2022 marked the breeding season in the Florida Everglades, and male “scout” snakes, like Loki, typically led researchers straight to fertile females—the primary targets in an…