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Photo Credit: © Fee Smulders

Protecting Fish Proven Key in Slowing Down Invasive Seagrass

Aruba / Bonaire

November 8, 2021

New research from Wageningen University, University of Amsterdam and Florida International University highlighted the role herbivorous… Read more >

Coralita

(Antigonon leptopus)

Photo credit: © Achsah Mitchell

Using Satellite Imagery to Map St. Eustatius Coralita Invasion

October 18, 2021

Coralita is an invasive plant species, rapidly spreading across St. Eustatius. A recently published report highlighted… Read more >

Smooth-scaled tegulet

(Gymnophthalmus underwoodi)

Photo credit: © Thijs van den Burg

Two new nonnative reptiles identified on Saba

October 12, 2021

Wageningen University and Research and the University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein researchers have recently… Read more >

lesser Antillean iguana

(Iguana delicatissima)

Photo credit: Philippa King

Action required to curb Statia’s invasive green iguana threat

September 14, 2021

A new study by Wageningen Marine Research, St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation and Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute highlights the… Read more >

Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Halophila stipulacea

Photo credit: © Kai Wulf

New field guide on invasive seagrass flowers

Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that can reproduce both sexually (through flowering and subsequent seed formation)… Read more >

Lesser Antillean Iguana

Iguana delicatissima

Photo credit © Philippa King-Stenapa

Biosecurity concern for humanitarian aid highlighted by Caribbean organizations

Although the La Soufrière volcano on St. Vincent saw its latest explosive eruption over a week… Read more >

Adopt a proactive attitude towards nonnative Green iguana biosecurity

December 1, 2020

Mainly since the 60’s has the green iguana continuously expanded its nonnative range, especially throughout the… Read more >

Importance of Native Seagrass in the Fight Against Erosion

August 17, 2020

A recent study worked to quantify seagrass’s ability to minimize erosion in shallow water of Lac… Read more >