Using Invasive Species to Defeat Another Invasive Species

ENN
Jun 25, 2015, 11:35 am35 pts
The forests of Denver, Colo., are currently under attack by an invasive insect species from Asia. So what is the scientists’ plan to stop this assault on trees? They’re going with the controversial move of introducing a second invasive species to destroy the first one. If it sounds like that children’s…

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