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Shocking: Electric Barrier Set to Repel Invasive Asian Carp

Air/Publish Date: 07/26/2009
Event Date: 07/26/2009

Imported to eat plankton, Asian carp have multiplied and invaded nearly every waterway in the Mississippi River basin, squeezing out native species. An electric-pulse barrier is set to keep the ...

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Python Boom in Florida Keys

Air/Publish Date: 02/04/2009
Event Date: 02/04/2009

In the Florida Keys, locals enrolled in "snake class" are learning how to halt the spread of dangerous Burmese Pythons and other exotic snakes that were released by pet owners years ago, and don't belong in South Florida.

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Lionfish Invade, Destroy Atlantic Ocean Marine Habitats

Air/Publish Date: 06/30/2008
Event Date: 06/30/2008

Lionfish, native to the Pacific Ocean, are invading the Atlantic Ocean, multiplying quickly,and eating all the fish in coral reefs, damaging the fragile reef ecosystem.

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Green Monster: Invasive Brazilian Weed Chokes U.S. Lakes

Air/Publish Date: 07/30/2007
Event Date: 07/30/2007

Giant Salvinia, an aquatic weed native to the Brazilian rainforest, infests 50 U.S. U.S.; a handful can grow to cover 40 acres of water surface in less than a month -- and no one knows how to kill it.

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Growing Snakehead Fish Population Worries Biologists, Fishermen

Air/Publish Date: 10/16/2004
Event Date: 10/16/2004

A rare fish known as the Snakehead Fish that first showed up in Maryland Pond, is threatening local fish population in the Great Lakes.

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Swarms of Aggressive Killer Bees Spread Through Texas

Air/Publish Date: 08/24/2001
Event Date: 08/24/2001

Killer bees, imported to Brazil from Africa, have migrated north to Texas and other states. Aggressive swarms of these Africanized bees can chase a victim for more than an hour, delivering as many as 500 bee stings.

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Attack of the Bio-Intruders: Invasive Species

Air/Publish Date: 02/03/1999
Event Date: 02/07/1999

They come in the ballast water of ships and the holds of airplanes: foreign "bio-intruder" plants, animals and insects that can take hold in a new environment and overwhelm native species.

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Voracious Asian Longhorned Beetles Eat Trees, Whole Urban Parks

Air/Publish Date: 10/02/1998
Event Date: 10/02/1998

Asian Longhorned beetles, an invasive species coming to the U.S. in wood crates on Chinese freighters, are destroying trees in urban and suburban areas. The beetles have no natural predators.

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Sick Salmon: VHS Virus Threatens Pacific Northwest Fishing Industry

Air/Publish Date: 04/18/1990
Event Date: 04/18/1990

In 1990, the salmon industry in the Pacific Northwest is threatened when salmon in hatcheries and fish farms are infected with a virus, and killed to prevent its spread. (The virus is harmless to ...

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Asian Mite Invasion May Kill a Million Bee Colonies

Air/Publish Date: 03/15/1988
Event Date: 03/15/1988

A 1988 invasian of Asian parasitic mites kills honeybee colonies in 14 states in just six months, threatening honey production and bee pollination of agricultural crops.

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Bacteria Solution May Kill Dutch Elm Disease Fungus

Air/Publish Date: 05/16/1980
Event Date: 05/16/1980

Researchers at Montana State University in 1980 test a bacteria solution that seems to kill the Dutch Elm fungus; Dutch Elm disease has spread to all but six states in the continental U.S.

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Dutch Elm Disease Claims Twin Cities' Elm Trees

Air/Publish Date: 07/21/1977
Event Date: 07/21/1977

Dutch Elm disease, spread by the elm bark beetle, infects thousands of 70-yr-old Dutch Elm trees in Minneapolis-St. Paul in 1977. City workers cut down and remove 2,000 diseased trees in two weeks.

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