Are Beetles Imported into the U.S. to Kill Invasive Trees Doing Too Good a Job?

A foreign beetle imported to attack invasive trees in the U.S. Southwest may have brought its own culinary agenda. Researchers in Utah and Arizona are sounding the alarm about salt cedar leaf beetles, which were imported from Kazakhstan several years ago to control invasive tamarisk trees. [More]

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