Invasive animal species

traveling on our well engineered vessels. Invasive species can travel just as easily in the cracks and crannies of even the best built vessels. The Coqui frogs native to Puerto Rico announced their arrival to the big island of Hawaii extremely loudly and are now threating to take route in Los Angeles as well; these frogs made their way to the US as tiny eggs through a seemingly harmless plant nursery trade and are not going away (Goldman 2015). Invasive species are often brought in and go…

The last time you saw an invasive species is more recent than you think it is. Plethoras of nonnative plant species such as the Orange Hawkweed, Meadow Hawkweed, Butter and Eggs, and Common Tansy have established themselves at home in and around the city of Babbitt. The mentioned weedy vegetation can also be found in close proximity around the Northeast Range High School. While all of these species have been identified to be problematic for quite some time, almost nothing has been done to stop…

Invasive species is defined as a non-native organism that has negative impacts on the environment, the well being of surrounding species (including humans), and the economy. For an organism to become invasive it must first be an introduced non-native species, then an established species, and then it must thrive and reproduce to be considered invasive. Only about ten percent of all the species move from one group to the next and finally become invasive. In the end, very few species can be…

Invasive Species: The Raccoon The Raccoons are omnivorous(Plants and Animals) predatory mammals that can weight over 10 kilograms.(Reference 6) They are known for their intelligence, even a 4 year old raccoon has been able to dance clap and sweep the floor.(Reference 5) For my invasive species I chose the Raccoon (Sometimes spelled Racoon), it’s originally from North America and it escaped to Germany in 1934 and 1945. The Raccoon was introduced into Germany 2 times, in 1934 when a poultry…

(2011), the Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissma, is invasive on almost every continent because of the introduction from Southeast Asia and then on to Europe in the year 1751. Though the Tree of Heaven is very invasive in the United States. It is also very invasive in other countries as well. For example, a “study in Germany has shown that tree of heaven growing in 92% of cases in densely populated areas of…

An invasive species is an organism plant, animal, fungus, or bacterium, that is not native to a certain area and has negative effects on the environment, human health, or economy The European Fire Ant, or Myrmica rubra is a little red ant that is distantly related to the real fire ant. Although no one is quite sure how they got here, originally the European Fire Ant was from the colder regions of Europe and Asia. The fire ants had been in only two locations in Maine during the 1950’s, but they…

would remove stands and dead biomass while promoting the growth and reestablishment of native plant species. Burning would easily eradicate large dense stands while mowing would eliminate low density stands in wet or dry areas. As an alternative to herbicide, burning, and mowing, planting or grazing could be used to remove Phragmites stands while causing minimal damage to local marsh wildlife animals and plants and their…

Invasive Species “Invasive species are one of the leading threats to native wildlife and approximately 42% of threatened or endangered species are at risk primarily due to invasive species” (National Wildlife Federation, 2016, p.1). 1. What kinds of problems can invasive species cause? Do you think one group of invasive species is worse than another? Why, or why not? Some of the problems that invasive species cause is impacting natural ecosystems, the economy, recreational, agricultural,…

Invasive species in Idaho is a problem. Being mostly plants on the top 10 list of Invasive species in Idaho, the feral hog is slowly making it’s way to the south and west boarder of Idaho. First being introduced in the 1500’s by Spanish explorers, in Tampa Bay, Florida, the feral hogs has slowly choked the wildlife of the southern statesand beyond, but they have also shown signs of huge population growth in 45 of 50 states in America. In Texas the war between human and hog has resulted in a lost…

Loyola University Chicago is a Jesuit institution that promotes caring for others, caring for one’s self, and caring for the community. It is one of Loyola’s foundational aspect of caring for the community that has made the requirement of engaged learning a part of the curriculum. Since the Fall of 2012, Loyola has required its students to go out into the world and obtain hands-on experience in different sorts of fields. One may accomplish this through an internship course, or a class combined…