In addition, the bill would have reestablished the New Jersey Invasive Species Council, an advisory group that was active from 2004 to 2010. Before being disbanded, the council produced an ...

A bill that would have created a task force to try and eliminate invasive plant species in New Jersey was vetoed by Gov. Phil Murphy. The bill sought to ban the sale, distribution, propagation ...

"It is illegal for New Jersey residents to keep alligators or caiman, which are considered potentially dangerous exotic species," Ross Licitra, executive director of the Monmouth County SPCA ...

Some invasive exotic species thrive in a new home because of lack of a pest or other limiting factor they had to contend with in their homeland. Still others may outcompete local natives because ...

Although the species can be a variety of colors, the ones located in New Jersey have a blue ring at their bottom, pale green bodies, and matching green tentacles with blue tips. They are known as ...

A new invasive species has been discovered on the Jersey Shore: an anemone from across the Atlantic Ocean that scientists describe as a greenish blue snot ball. The Actinia equina, also known as ...

In “Why Exotic Species Are Not as Bad ... Clinton’s February 1999 executive order on invasive species as alarmist, and the activities of the new federal Invasive Species Council unwarranted.

Invasive sea creatures are turning up along the Jersey Shore and were discovered ... overseas confirmed the beadlet anemones are a new invasive species. A just-published student co-authored ...

Exotic fish are a threat to river ecosystems, but what happens when invasive species are native to a territory and have been introduced into waters that are not their original territory?