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 E-Mail IMAGE: A blue magpie (Urocissa ornate), native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka, was photographed near the Sinharaja Forest Reserve, a World Heritage site that was part a new study of... view more  Credit: Christopher Wills, UC San Diego As the health of ecosystems in regions around the globe declines due to a variety of rising threats, scientists continue to seek clues to help prevent future collapses. A new analysis by scientists from around the world, led by a researcher at the University of California San Diego, is furthering science's understanding of species interaction...

Along the western edge of Alaska's Aleutian archipelago, a group of islands that were inadvertently populated with rodents came to earn the ignominious label of the "Rat Islands." The non-native invaders were accidentally introduced to these islands, and others throughout the Aleutian chain, through shipwrecks dating back to the 1700s and World War II occupation. The resilient rodents, which are known to be among the most damaging invasive animals, adapted and thrived in the new setting and eventually overwhelmed the island ecosystems, disrupting the natural ecological order and driving out n...

‘Island of Rats’ Recovers Along the western edge of Alaska’s Aleutian archipelago, a group of islands that were inadvertently populated with rodents came to earn the ignominious label of the “Rat Islands.” The non-native invaders were accidentally introduced to these islands, and others throughout the Aleutian chain, through shipwrecks dating back to the 1700s and World War II occupation. The resilient rodents, which are known to be among the most damaging invasive animals, adapted and thrived in the new setting and eventually overwhelmed the island ecosystems, disrupting the natura...

Along the western edge of Alaska's Aleutian archipelago, a group of islands that were inadvertently populated with rodents came to earn the ignominious label of the "Rat Islands." The non-native invaders were accidentally introduced to these islands, and others throughout the Aleutian chain, through shipwrecks dating back to the 1700s and World War II occupation. The resilient rodents, which are known to be among the most damaging invasive animals, adapted and thrived in the new setting and eventually overwhelmed the island ecosystems, disrupting the natural ecological order and driving out n...

USA TODAY Greetings! I'm Winston Gieseke, philanthropy and special sections editor for The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, wondering how it got to be February so soon. Here are the latest headlines from the Golden State on this Monday. In California brings you top Golden State stories and commentary from across the USA TODAY Network and beyond. Get it free, straight to your inbox. Newsom feels the heat   With COVID-19 ravaging the Golden State and creating economic hardship, Californians are frustrated. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom was already disliked by pockets of the state for his liberal p...