The Invasive Fish Threatening the Everglades — and the New Tool That Can Stop Them

In the slow-moving canals and shadowy marshes of the Florida Everglades live some of the most dangerous creatures. You ...

Researchers create DNA detection tool to stop spread of invasive Asian swamp eels, bullseye snakeheads

In the canals, marshes, and swamps of the Florida Everglades, invasive fish are silently slipping into new waterways. Among them are the Asian swamp eel and the bullseye snakehead, two air-breathing ...
New Jersey Hills Media Group

Friends of Great Swamp will host a Woodcock Walk on Sunday, March 15

Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) & U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service will host a Woodcock Walk from 6:45 to ...
Yahoo

DNR staff found a red swamp crayfish in a fish rearing pond. Why that's a problem

State officials on July 24 said an invasive crayfish species that has been found in several Michigan counties was discovered in a rearing pond at Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery. The Michigan Department ...
Hoodline

DNA Tripwire Sniffs Out Sneaky Everglades Fish Invaders

University of Florida scientists have rolled out a DNA "tripwire" that can flag two notoriously stealthy invasive fish from just a few drops of canal water, giving Florida a new early-warning system ...
The State

‘Fighting’ fish that survives drought by hiding in the mud is new rare species

Betta iaspis was found in only one small forest peat swamp next to a “huge” oil palm plantation, researchers said. Photo by Siborey Sean via Unsplash In 2022, after passing through the hands of local ...
Detroit News

Invasive crayfish found in west Michigan fish hatchery

Invasive red swamp crayfish have infiltrated a west Michigan fish hatchery, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Thursday. The hatchery staff found two carcasses of "unusual crayfish" ...