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Buffelgrass, an invasive species from Africa, is popular food for cattle, but also an invasive that contributes to wildfires and biodiversity loss

Guinea grass crowds out native species, increases wildfire risk.

Even nastier than fire ants, the insects disable electronics and swarm over people and animals. UT researchers have found a pathogen that destroys them.

Researchers have successfully used a naturally occurring fungus to control invasive crazy ants at a state park in Texas.

KUT Nothing says Texas like the prickly pear cactus. But the cactus moth could wipe them out. A desert without a cactus is like a cat without whiskers and, in Texas, there is no cactus more iconic than the prickly pear. The plants, with their spiny pads and purple fruit, do more than complete the landscape; they support the desert ecosystem, provide food and shelter to animals, and form the basis of a multimillion dollar agricultural industry. But the prickly pear could be lost thanks to an inv...