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  • Drawing of two children and a frog.
    The scientists were interested in discovering whether the Pacific tree frog population might also be affected by the presence of…
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    Knocked Out By Trout: The Relationship Between Nonnative Trout and Pacific Tree Frogs

  • Knocked Out by Trout cover in Spanish
    The scientists were interested in discovering whether the Pacific tree frog population might also be affected by the presence of…
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    Knocked Out By Trout: The Relationship Between Nonnative Trout and Pacific Tree Frogs (Spanish)

  • The cover for 'Lion in Wait' article. The main image is a photo of two men scuba diving and studying a lionfish.
    Over the past decade, humans have introduced two species of Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) into the Atlantic…
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    Lion In Wait: How Citizens Helped Scientists Identify a Rapid Invasion of Lionfish

  • Drawing of two children documenting an Asian long-horned beetle on a tree branch.
    The Asian long-horned beetle is an insect pest that was discovered in New York in 1996 and Chicago in 1998. It arrived…
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    Tag, You’re It! Using Harmonic Radar to Track the Flight of Beetles

  • Tag, You're It! cover in Spanish
    The Asian long-horned beetle is an insect pest that was discovered in New York in 1996 and Chicago in 1998. It arrived…
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    Tag, You’re It! Using Harmonic Radar to Track the Flight of Beetles (Spanish)

  • The cover of "The Emerald Ash Borer: Invading Ash Trees in the Oxbow" featuring a close-up photo of an emerald ash borer eating a leaf
    The emerald ash borer is an invasive species to the United States. While it isn’t a major pest in its…
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    The Emerald Ash Borer: Invading Ash Trees in the Oxbow

  • The Plot Thickens - How Native Trees Responded to the Removal of an Unwanted Tree Species in Forest Study Plots. The background is an image of a Tamaligi Forest.
    The scientists in this study were interested in two questions: (1) How are tamaligi trees impacting the native forests in…
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    The Plot Thickens – How Native Trees Responded to the Removal of an Unwanted Tree Species in Forest Study Plots

  • The cover of "Thin Outside the Box" featuring a blue and green graphic of bug outlines
    Globalization causes many things to happen. For the scientists in this study, globalization has increased the spread of invasive species.…
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    Think Outside the Box: Predicting the Spread of Invasive Species

  • Illustration of hemlock branches with cones
    Water is constantly moving throughout the natural environment. Some scientists study the flow of water into, out of, and held…
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    Woolly Bully: Estimating the Effect of an Invasive Insect on an Area’s Water Cycle

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    Test your knowledge on invasive species, invertebrates, and freshwater.
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    Word Search – Ecosystem Services

  • Fighting Fire with Fire word search preview
    Test your knowledge on ecologist, adaptation, and wildfire.
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    Word Search – Fighting Fire with Fire

  • PDF preview of the "Goldifinch and the Three Scales" word search.
    After reading “Goldifinch and the Three Scales,” test your knowledge with a word search.
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    Word Search – Goldifinch and the Three Scales