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In 2011, New York covered five acres of Lake George with more than 700 mats to suffocate invasive Asian clams; 97% died, but the invader later spread to 27 locations

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In 2011, New York covered five acres of Lake George with more than 700 mats to suffocate invasive Asian clams; 97% died, but the invader later spread to 27 locations

Representative Image (AI-generated) When invasive Asian clams were discovered in Lake George, New York, in 2010, researchers moved quickly to test whether covering the lakebed could stop the species from spreading. According to a final report by the Darrin Fresh Water Institute at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, published through the Lake Champlain Basin Program, a large-scale … Read more

In 1867, New Zealand introduced brown trout for sport fishing; more than 60 million were released by 1921, and the invader later caused local extinctions and fragmented native fish populations

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In 1867, New Zealand introduced brown trout for sport fishing; more than 60 million were released by 1921, and the invader later caused local extinctions and fragmented native fish populations

New Zealand introduced brown trout for sport fishing When British settlers packed thousands of brown trout ova onto ships bound for the Antipodes in 1867, they hoped to recreate the sport fishing they knew from Europe. Over the next five decades, acclimatisation societies bred and released more than 60 million brown trout into waterways across … Read more