UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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Bigger Beaks and the Island Apple Snail

An invasive snail is helping the Endangered Snail Kite to thrive, but is putting native snails and the rest of the ecosystem is at risk. What happens when an invasive species makes for a better food source than a native species? The Island Apple Snail, an invasive species, is turning out to be great prey […]

Written by on December 6, 2017