A study from colleagues in SNES and @uniofgalway.bsky.social analysing over 500,000 tweets from 2006 to 2021 found that public discourse on invasive species heavily favours charismatic animals over ecologically harmful plants 🐱 www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/news/new...

From habitats to hashtags: examining online discussions about invasive species – new paper by @scanavan.bsky.social et al. now published in #EcologyandSociety doi.org/10.5751/ES-1... #alienspecies #invasivespecies #digitaldata #socialmedia #conservationculturomics

Hot off the presses...iEcology reveals the importance of geography and genetic makeup in the flowering phenology of invasive Carpobrotus taxa besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Study finds that Pampas grass sold as ‘sterile’ in South African markets had significant numbers of viable seeds, with up to 35% of seeds germinating. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Study finds that Pampas grass sold as ‘sterile’ in South African markets had significant numbers of viable seeds, with up to 35% of seeds germinating. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Read all about it! The Aliens Newsletter is out led by @ananovoaperez.bsky.social and @scanavan.bsky.social Find the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Find the newsletter here: viewer.joomag.com/invasions-ne...

This is not a matter of avoiding "uncomfortable" science. The science is weak & without heuristic value. Some of the comparisons (e.g. to invasional meltdown) drawn by Ahmed et al (2025) are ridiculous - but not acknowledged as such. Consequently, their article may normalize such dubious parallels.

A recent article in Biol Reviews by Ahmed et al (2025) warns against 'deleterious' comparisons between human migrations & biological invasions, yet makes a series of scientifically dubious comparisons, described as "potentially fruitful to explore". See our critique: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

A very diverse bunch of scholars - from across biology, conservation, and migration studies - wrote this piece on the very obvious, yet not quite obvious enough for some, dangers of comparing invasive species and human migration. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Our newest paper.

📣📣 We would like to introduce the bi-annual #InvasionsNewsletter, an open-access digital magazine and a collaborative effort of individuals, networks, and organizations from around the world! You can access it here: joom.ag/mIjd

Great discussions, amazing people, and exciting new perspectives at the Invasion Culturomics Workshop! 🌍 Happy to be part of this event in Průhonice, Czech Republic! #InvasionScience #Culturomics #ScienceMeetsCulture

Getting ready for the second #SoNAF meeting in winter wonderland 🤩❄️ @iris-eeza.bsky.social @invaculture.net @ibotcz.bsky.social

IRIS went to Prague!! From 10. - 14.02 our team co-organised two exciting workshops on invasion culturomics ( and SoNAF (Social dimensions of Naturalized Alien Flora) that took place in the castle of Průhonice @ibotcz.bsky.social @invaculture.net We are excited to work on the future developments!

🚨 Only 1 week left! 🚨 Submit your abstracts and register by Feb 28th for the International Young Researchers Conference on Invasive Species! 🗓️ May 6-7, 2025 | 🌍 Online & Free 📢 Connect, share insights, and network with young researchers worldwide tackling invasive species! iyrcis.webs.uvigo.es

Check out our new-ish paper. This paper pushed me to become a @wikipedia.org editor so I could create and update pages for endangered or invasive species. Updating wiki not only helps share conservation information with a wider audience, but also helps our work break out of the academic bubble 🐢

HOT OFF THE PRESS We explore how climate change may affect introduction pathways of non-native species into protected areas including altering transportation routes, natural dispersal mechanisms & modifying human behaviors (forced migration and shifting travel destinations) doi.org/10.1007/s105...