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Invasive Coqui Frogs Complicate Ecosystem Dynamics in Hawai’i

Researchers find invasive Coqui Frogs in Hawai’i could be bolstering populations of non-native birds. Invasive species can be harmful in a variety of ways: competition for resources, predation, herbivory, crop damage, and more. In Hawai’i researchers have found a new side-effect of the invasive Coqui Frog. A new paper published in The Condor: Ornithological Applications found that […]

Written by on December 8, 2017

Coqui Frog Removed from Kauai

A small frog with loud consequences is discovered on and removed from Kauai, Hawaii. The island of Kauai dodged a small, croaking bullet last month. An invasive Coqui Frog managed to stow away on a car brought over from the Big Island. The State Department of Agriculture and the Kauai Invasive Species Committee removed the […]

Written by on May 19, 2017

Acoustically Abrasive Invasives Disturb the Night

Coqui Frogs, invasive species in Hawaii and most recently Southern California, are so shrill that their vocalizations are often mistaken for radio and house alarms.  In the 1980’s, Coqui Frogs were accidentally introduced to Hawaii. There they proliferated across the four main islands. They have now become unwelcome invasive inhabitants of some regions in Southern California as well. Coqui Frogs represent […]

Written by on June 3, 2016