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Articles and videos from VT News that highlight invasive species research, education, & engagement
Hot off the press
August 27, 2024
Beneath the Central Appalachian Forest canopy lies a rich, biodiverse world of native plants helping to fill North America's medicinal herb cabinet.
August 23, 2024
The Restoration Ecology Working Group, along with the Invasive Species Collaborative and the Virginia Tech StREAM Lab, provided key guidance when the town applied for a grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment, said Carol Davis, sustainability manager for the Town of Blacksburg.
August 19, 2024
In a world where invasive species spell trouble in ecosystems across the world, one fish swims against the current, becoming both a problem and a tasty opportunity.
Media archive
2024
- Researcher’s journey turns to forests’ understory
- Restoration Ecology Working Group provides guidance for Town of Blacksburg
- The blue catfish: Wanted breaded or fried
- Destination Area 2.0 grants awarded to five new transdisciplinary projects
- Tracking how seeds travel in the Southern Appalachians
- Future Faculty Diversity Program participants receive Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Research finds that Guam treesnakes are biting off more than they can chew
- Genome study informs restoration of American chestnut tree
- Tracking invasive plant species in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
- Invasive ants spread by hitchhiking
- Invasive species presented to the Board of Visitor’s Committee
- How to counter Japanese beetles, the nemesis of turfgrass
- Virginia Tech researchers help answer an urgent call for native seeds in Southside Virginia
- Championing collaboration in the invasive species space
- Callery pear trees are blooming again, and that’s bad news
- Get ready to stomp: Spotted lanternflies are about to reappear
- Invasive species sound off about impending ecosystem changes
- Joro spiders are nothing to worry about
- Help stop the invasive spotted lanternfly
2023
- Invasive species removal is a team effort
- Expanded perspectives give greater voice to invasive species working group
- Researching how detection dogs can combat invasive species and plant disease
- New Destination Area 2.0 grants fund four interdisciplinary projects
- Two transdisciplinary research teams earn Destination Area 2.0 Phase II awards
- Bringing the case for ecological restoration home
- No frogs or toads left behind on Virginia Tech researchers’ watch
- Toxic hammerhead worms
- Experience an acoustic invasion at ICAT Day
2022
- PhD student researches method that could stop invasive tree
- Student addressing the impact of invasive species in Nepal scores major BIFAD award
- Intersecting science and art collaboration highlights invasive species research
- Faculty & staff honored with annual College of Agriculture and Life Sciences awards
- A snapshot of native wildlife research
2021 and earlier
- Virginia Tech team tracks invasive weeds & climate change impacts from space
- Virginia Tech expert available to discuss lower barriers to invasive species
- Virginia Tech & University of Virginia work to safeguard U.S. tomato industry from invasive pest
- When invasive plants take root, native animals pay the price
- New expert findings seek to protect national parks from invasive animal species
- Researchers embarks on kayaking trip to assess invasive crayfish species
- New expert findings seek to protect national parks from invasive species
- Virginia Tech researchers tackle the biological invasions crisis
- Invasive plants have surprising ability to pioneer new continents and climates
- Alumnus discovers invasive insect on campus & launches efforts to protect trees
- Researchers help to design incentive programs to rid South America of invasive beaver
- US national parks face crisis over invasive animal species
- Virginia Tech plant ecologist receives grant to study invasive agricultural weed
- Virginia Tech researchers itching to learn more about poison ivy on the Appalachian Trail
- Virginia Tech works to protect Africa’s crops against invasive pests
- Students say bon appétit to invasive species
- Vacuum-steam treatment for invasive snails proves promising
- Successful ecological restoration must meet more robust standards
- Virginia Tech wildlife ecologist links severe declines in Everglades mammals with invasive pythons
Video highlight
Gabrielle Ripa, a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech and an affiliate of the Invasive Species Collaborative, is studying invasive non-native plant species in restored and unrestored streams in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay watershed. Ripa is placing bioacoustic recorders at various locations, and the data will be used to analyze the effect invasive plants have on the soundscape of an ecosystem.
