invasive species

October 15, 2024 | 8:00 PM

Joro Spider lands in Pa, but should we be worried about them?

By Asia Tabb

June 27, 2024 | 10:55 AM

Pennsylvania lawmakers want to ban invasive plant species from state highways

By Jaxon White/LNP | LancasterOnline

November 20, 2023 | 12:04 PM

Wildlife officials work to stop invasive carp across the Great Lakes

By Todd Richmond/The Associated Press

March 2, 2022 | 4:14 PM

Controlling invasive species in Pennsylvania

This week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week.

By Scott LaMar/WITF

January 14, 2022 | 8:53 AM

Penn State researchers aim to debunk myths surrounding spotted lanternfly

Some misconceptions about the spotted lanternfly came as a result of misunderstandings about the bug soon after it was discovered in Berks County in 2014.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania

October 26, 2021 | 3:00 PM

Invasive plants and an overpopulation of deer are decimating Pennsylvania’s forests

The threat to Pennsylvania’s forests might not be what you think.

By Merideth Bucher/WITF

October 11, 2021 | 9:54 AM

‘We look at this and see a catastrophe in the making,’ says researcher about Pennsylvania’s forests

"Forests get the double whammy of both too many invaders, many species, and too many deer.”

By Rebecca Reese/WESA and Marylee Williams/WESA

June 23, 2021 | 7:50 AM

Pa. has a new weapon to sniff out spotted lanternflies: A dog named Lucky

Lucky is the first dog in the nation trained to detect the spotted lanternfly.

By Kiley Koscinski/WESA

June 4, 2021 | 2:01 PM

Pennsylvania sprays for gypsy moths in 19 counties, hoping to bring down a spike in the leaf-eating insect

Trees can handle some gypsy moth caterpillars, but too many mean a tree can lose too much foliage and could die.

By Anne Danahy/StateImpact Pennsylvania

May 7, 2021 | 7:55 AM

Spotted lanternflies are about to hatch. Learn how to make a trap for this invasive insect

There are strict orders in quarantine counties aimed at stopping the invasive pest’s spread westward or even between municipalities within a county.

By Kara Holsopple/The Allegheny Front

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