Invasive “moss animal” gains foothold in parts of Finland
Two years ago, residents of Lempääla in the Tampere region noticed an odd jelly-like organism at a local beach. Now,
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Invasive species: Fisheries and Oceans Canada has no mandate in Arctic, audit finds
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s main program to handle invasive species does not have a mandate in the
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Snow crabs invading Russia’s Arctic nuclear waste dump
Researchers find a huge influx of snow crabs in areas with dumped radioactive waste in the Kara Sea, in Arctic
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Science, politics and the ‘dreaded’ raccoon dog: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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North Sweden on lookout for raccoon dogs
As the moose-hunting season kicks off in northern Sweden, hunters are being encouraged to keep an eye out for the
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Sweden: Gardeners reach for the scissors as slug pellets run out
The mild winter means record amounts of the hated Spanish slug crawling around Swedish gardens, and the poison used
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Officials worry raccoons are settling in Sweden
Reported sightings of raccoons in southeastern Sweden have officials again worried the animal is settling in the country. Two independent
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Mouse menace on Alaska’s St-George Island
If house mice invade your remote Bering Sea island for the first time, who do you call? Try the mouse
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Sweden fears Danish racoon invasion
Authorities in the south of Sweden are fearing an invasion of masked bandits, after a dead raccoon was found on
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Sharp-edged mussel invades southern Sweden
The zebra mussel, which is considered invasive in many countries, is spreading rapidly in the province of Östergotland, in southeastern
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