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- Argentine ants defend citrus pests from predators in California’s groves and vineyards, raising honeydew pressure and weakening biological control, after spreading from South America in 1891
- Researchers released 16,500 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the ocean near Cape Cod, the first EPA-permitted trial of its kind, and a dye tracer followed the patch for five days
- Brazilian geneticist Warwick Kerr bred honey bees for tropical heat in 1956, and 26 swarming colonies spread across the Western Hemisphere by 1990, transforming pollination patterns
- A globe skimmer dragonfly barely 1.5 inches long may fly 3,700 miles across generations, and DNA now links its populations across Asia and the Americas in one migration circuit
- California’s iceplant from South Africa spreads three feet a year across bluffs and dunes, crowding native plants, and pulling it out turns out to be only the first step
