An invasive fish that is a voracious predator capable of surviving out of water for days was recently caught in southeastern Missouri, causing worry that the hard-to-contain species will spread and become a problem. The northern snakehead was caught last month in a drainage pool at Duck Creek ...
Costs are incurred in the public and private sectors because of damage to landscapes, animals, infrastructure, and humans, and through management efforts to prevent and mitigate this damage and ensure human safety. Unfortunately, in many cases, these costs have not been quantified. Economic cost da...
Optimal foraging theory predicts that animals consume low-quality food items increasingly as the abundance of preferred high-quality food items decreases (MacArthur & Pianka,1966; Pyke,1984). Therefore, seasonal changes in availability of preferred foods often influence foraging strategies of animals, i...
Our analyses of IAS threats suggest that in coming decades, biological invasions will remain high in wealthy and already highly invaded countries. These countries must prepare for a new suite of IAS as climate change disturbs resident ecosystems and introductions of species continue via the pet and ...
The African elephant isthe world’s largest land mammal, with the Asian elephant not far behind. These far-ranging animals need plenty of land to forage, but as human populations continue to grow, elephants and humans find themselvesin conflict over space. Onlyabout 20% of their habitatis pro...
It’s all part of a growing push to mitigate the effects of rapidly growing, non-native plants and animals on the ecosystem, drawing attention to the dangers of invasive species. For foodies, there’s a big bonus: Many invasive species taste great, too. WhenEat MO Carp, a Missouri-based...
It's important to note that hammerhead worms don't bite or sting, but they do pack toxins that could cause some issues for people and animals alike. According to Raupp, they can secrete a "potent, paralyzing tetrodotoxin, the same lethal toxin found in puffer fish." ...
Taxonomy of Ochroconis, genus including opportunistic pathogens on humans and animals Fungal Diversity, 65 (2014), pp. 89-126 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar [13] S. Giraud, L. Favennec, M.E. Bougnoux, J.P. Bouchara Rasamsonia argillacea species complex: taxonomy, pathogenesis and ...
The amplitudes of the signals transmitted through the folded skin for each animal model as a function of frequency are shown in Fig. 2. It is apparent how the transmittance of the skin of the group of animals with higher blood glucose levels is far higher than that of animals with normal ...
invasive macrophytes (PhragmitesandTypha x glauca) impede movement, and (2) that they provide inadequate thermal conditions for turtles. We quantified active-season movements ofE. blandingii(n = 14, 1328 relocations) and spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata; n = 12, 2295 relocations) in a...