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This vibrant cuttlefish looks like an alien, and it lives only 1 to 2 years

"I don't understand people seeing this animal and thinking it should be dinner." ...

Invasive species emerge as a driver of human displacement, new research shows

Invasive alien species are driving human displacement, according to a new research paper published this month in Frontiers.

31 alien-like marine species discovered off the coast of Brazil

After a two week expedition off the coast of Brazil, an international team of researchers discovered 31 new marine species, including a fast-moving gossamer worm, a creepy fish, and other organisms ...

Invasive species hit the Global South significantly harder than previously assumed

Invasive alien species are among the world's leading drivers of species extinction. However, previous global assessments of ...
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People compare how aliens would reconstruct animals based on their skulls vs. what they really look like (28 pics)

About 500 million years ago, not a single creature had a skull. Over time, these bony plates evolved into the structural marvels that vertebrates—animals with spinal cords, aka you, me, and your pug, ...
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Biological invasions : economic and environmental costs of alien plant, animal, and microbe species / edited by David Pimentel

Introduction: Nonnative species in the world / David Pimentel -- The impacts of alien plants in Australia / Richard H. Groves -- Environmental and economic costs of invertebrate invasions in Australia ...