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A Beautiful Menace: Invasive Orange Hawkweed Spreads Through Southeast Alaska
Petersburg, Alaska, United States
29 Jul 2024
KFSK
Event
A warming island's mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned
Marian, Prince Edward Islands
16 Mar 2024
AP News
Event
Scientists say Tongass trees could bounce back from budworm infestation
Chichigof Islands
25 Jul 2023
Alaska Public Media
Event
It’s not easy being evergreen in Juneau, as infestation of budworms lingers
Juneau, Alaska, United States
20 Jul 2023
Juneau Empire
Event
Mouse Infestation “Unlike Anything” Exterminator Has Seen
Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
8 Nov 2022
Iceland Review
Event
Southeast Alaska’s budworm infestation is still going, and they seem to be moving on to spruce trees
Sitka, Alaska, United States
8 Jul 2022
KCAW - Alaska Public Media
Event
Tent caterpillar infestation returns to Castle Valley
Moab, Utah, United States
5 May 2022
The Times-Independent
Event
Beetle-killed trees raise safety concerns at Kenai Peninsula campgrounds
Soldotna, Alaska, United States
20 Apr 2022
Alaska Public Media
Event
Jellyfish attack nuclear power plant
Torness Power Station, Scotland
28 Oct 2021
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Event
Wild pigs invade national park
Elk Island National Park
11 Oct 2021
CTV News, Edmonton
Event
The wall lizard invasion of Vancouver Island
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
27 Sep 2021
Macleans.ca
Event
Maine Has a Dangerous, Small, and Very Itchy Problem
Portland, Maine, United States
7 Jul 2021
The Atlantic
Event
Mouse Plague 'For every one that died, 10 more were coming in for the funeral' — agony of the plague that came to stay
Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia
14 May 2021
ABC
Event
‘Everyone Loses’: The Government Is Rationing Water at the California-Oregon Border
Lakeview, Oregon, United States
26 Apr 2021
Vice
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Zebra mussels on Marimo moss balls are causing an emergency in WA
Seattle, Washington, United States
25 Feb 2021
Crosscut
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Goldfish invasion of Hamilton Harbour
Hamilton Harbour, Ontario, Canada
3 Feb 2021
Macleans.ca
Event
Eastern Ontario in grip of worst Gypsy moth outbreak in 30 years
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
15 Jul 2020
Belleville Intelligencer
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Eastern Ontario in grip of worst Gypsy moth outbreak in 30 years
Eastern Canada
15 Jul 2020
Belleville Intelligencer
Event
Emerald ash borer keeping some GRCA properties closed
Byng Island Conservation Area, Ontario
26 Jun 2020
KitchenerToday.com
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Orangeville area trees swarming with invasive caterpillars
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
20 Jun 2020
Orangeville.com
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Increasing catch of spruce bark beetles
Viken county, Norway
19 Jun 2020
Viken Skog
Event
Record-breaking heatwave in Siberia
Siberia, Russian Federation
17 Jun 2020
the Guardian
Event
Africa's Huge Locust Swarms Are Growing at the Worst Time
Africa
16 Apr 2020
Wired
Event
Kenya suffers worst locust infestation in 70 years as millions of insects swarm farmland
Kenya
26 Jan 2020
the Guardian
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Outbreak of tree-killing, allergy-inducing moths
Wycotte Flat, British Columbia, Canada
8 Oct 2019
CBC
Event
Nepal is reeling from an unprecedented dengue outbreak
Nepal
7 Oct 2019
Science News
Event
An invasive algae is threatening the Strait of Gibraltar’s fishing grounds
Spanish Mediterranean coast
17 Sep 2019
Event
Outbreak of hemlock looper moth hits North Shore, Metro watersheds
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
11 Sep 2019
Vancouver Sun
Event
Moth population takes flight in North Vancouver
Lynn Canyon, British Columbia, Canada
10 Sep 2019
North Shore News
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Detectan presencia del 'Pez Diablo' en Sinaloa; una amenaza para la pesca y los ecosistemas
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
27 Aug 2019
News
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Wasilla store contends with ‘large-scale’ rodent problem
Wasilla, Alaska, United States
18 Aug 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Grasshopper invasion of Las Vegas may last weeks
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
27 Jul 2019
New York Times
Event
Rusty tussock moths invade Seward Peninsula
Nome, Alaska, United States
12 Jul 2019
The Nome Nugget
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Invasive poison hemlock a growing concern on Vancouver Island
Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
10 Jul 2019
Vancouver Island
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Insects feast on willows after unusually warm, dry spring
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
24 Jun 2019
CBC
Event
Northern B.C. lake closed to fishing due to infestation of invasive goldfish
Lost Lake, British Columbia, Canada
21 Jun 2019
Global News
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Invasive elodea prompts closure of Susitna Valley lakes
Willow, Alaska, United States
20 Jun 2019
Alaska Journal of Commerce
Event
Sea Lice Plagues Return and Threat to Wild Salmon Increases
Clayquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada
11 Jun 2019
The Tyee
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Southcentral Alaska’s spruce bark beetle infestation is spreading in Anchorage. There’s only one defense.
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
11 May 2019
Anchorage Daily News
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Rat infestation plagues Toronto neighbourhood
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
29 Apr 2019
CBC
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The changing nature of Canada's forest supply as fires, bugs, and climate bite
Fraser Lake, British Columbia, Canada
28 Dec 2018
Alaska Highway News
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Ecological collapse of Toronto's ravine system has begun, researcher says
Ravines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 Nov 2018
CBC News
Event
Flying Ants Invade Moscow
Moscow, Moscow, Russia
19 Jul 2018
The Moscow Times
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Mountain pine beetle takes over Jasper National Park forests
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
16 Jul 2018
Edmonton Journal
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Bullfrogs threaten B.C. ecosystems
Southwestern British Columbia
21 Jul 2015
Canadian Geographic
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Spruce beetles’ expansion into Denali National Park poses questions about forest changes
Cantwell, Alaska, United States
Event
Seeing brown birch leaves? It’s not necessarily a sign of fall. Blame leaf-munching larvae
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News
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Shellfish growers in Northwest’s oyster capital want ‘blitz’ against invasive green crabs
Ocean Park, Washington, United States
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