invasive species

It was the fish’s failures as an invasive species, perhaps more than its successes, that first drew Sun?i Avlijaš to studying tench.The PhD candidate in…

The 5th annual New York State Invasive Species Awareness Week has begun. In New York it’s easy to be aware of invasive species since we have so many of…

Downtown Buffalo's Central Library is a good walk from the Buffalo River or Canalside, but the river was the focus Thursday night during a public forum.It…

Invasive plants and animals are an expensive problem in the United States -- federal agencies spent more than $104 million last year to control them.But a…

A plan to restore the Niagara River Gorge’s original plant habitat will be unveiled Monday night in Niagara Falls.Plants like Norway maple trees and…

The Asian carp captured this summer near the southern tip of Lake Michigan -- triggering a big scare -- apparently slipped past electric barriers.

A new non-native species has been found in western Lake Erie, the EPA said Monday. It's named Brachionus leydigii. And it's a type of zooplankton, which...

Part 2 in a series about President Trump's budget President Donald Trump ’s 2018 budget plan eliminates a $300 million program to restore the Great...

In just a few weeks, we’ll have a new presidential administration – and that could mean big changes for the Great Lakes. Environmental groups are...

Helen Domske is the senior coastal education specialist for New York Sea Grant and associate director of the University at Buffalo's Great Lakes Program...