The biological invaders are coming! The Earth, conservationists say, could become increasingly dominated by hardy, prolific, adaptable exotic species such as the zebra mussel and the fire ant.
Scientists studied bald eagle deaths in the Southeast due to avianvacuolar myelinopathy, or AVM, and a possible link between the condition and the presence of the blue-green algae growing on Hydrilla in man-made reservoirs.
South Carolina’s wealth of undeveloped barrier islands and sand banks are hotbeds for research because natural processes occur on those landforms with minimal human intervention.
