Tag: Invasive species
He can breathe on land: Argus snakehead discovered in Missouri – Bavaria
The best times of the former basketball series champion Brose Bamberg are over, at least for the time being. Once upon a time, however, the venue of their games, the…
Raccoons in Germany: Invasive and harmless – or problem animals? – Knowledge
Raccoons polarize. A lot of people just find them cute. The little beasts of prey have a cheeky blindfold, a small round nose and beady eyes and thus serve the…
How two researchers found the “castrating fungus” during their lunch break – knowledge
For the Swiss mycologists Andrin Gross and Ludwig Beenken, it started like a normal lunch break. However, as they now with other researchers in the journal Mycological Progress report, they…
How two researchers found the “castrating fungus” during their lunch break – Knowledge
For the Swiss mycologists Andrin Gross and Ludwig Beenken, it started like a normal lunch break. However, as they now with other researchers in the journal Mycological Progress report, they…
Australia’s rabbits: How a farmer caused the plague – Knowledge
On Christmas Day 1859 a shipment of 24 rabbits from England arrived in Melbourne, Australia. The rabbits were a gift from Thomas Austin, a wealthy English settler who wanted to…
Bavaria: The Moor-Spirke in danger – Bavaria
The climate crisis is not only bad for everyday trees like the spruce. Increasingly, it is also damaging rare and special species. The bog pine or bog spirke is an…
Californian chain snake discovered in southern Baden – knowledge
On the Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, an introduced snake species has almost wiped out the native reptiles. The snake had found its way to the island by the…
Aga in Australia: Why toads become cannibals – Knowledge
The people of Australia have tried pretty much everything to get rid of the cane toad: they beat the poisonous amphibians with golf clubs, they tried to render them infertile…
Why Gran Canaria’s typical giant lizard is threatened – knowledge
Around 2.8 million tourists annually visit Gran Canaria, the third largest of the eight Canary Islands. Scandinavians, British and Germans feel particularly at home on the round, scenically varied island…
Voracious adders on the vacation island – knowledge
Around 2.8 million tourists annually visit Gran Canaria, the third largest of the eight Canary Islands. Scandinavians, British and Germans feel particularly at home on the round, scenically varied island…