Invasive species are one of the biggest threats to ecosystems. We humans are probably the most damaging invasive species both because of the harm we cause to ecosystems and because of how carelessly we help other invasive species along.
Mentioned in this episode:
- National Geographic: People and Invasive Species (choose your reading level)
- Australian Government: The Cane Toad
- frontiers: 97% of Earth’s land area may no longer be ecologically intact
- Ministry for Primary Industries: Wild rabbit control in NZ
- ISSG: 100 of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species
- Wikipedia: Cat predation on wildlife
- Wikipedia: Zebra mussels
- NOAA: Impacts of Invasive Lionfish
- Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos Might Finally Need to be Killed