Cash-strapped federal state and local agencies, as well as private landowners, are expending scarce resources to control harmful invasive species, such as the Burmese python, red lionfish and Nile monitor, while the species are still legally being sold to the public. The United States can save money... [Continue Reading]
Invasive species are a harmful subset of non-native, introduced species that adversely affect native plants and animals, change how ecosystems work, carry diseases to wildlife, plants, or people, or cause other damage. Increasing globalization of our economy, with its extensive shipment of goods, brings...