The lynx-hare predator-prey cycle that has existed for thousands of years in North America is increasingly under threat from climate change. The lynx are specialist predators that rely almost exclusively on snowshoe hare for food. This has led to a tight link between the populations of the two species; as […]
North America
A collaboration between UArizona, cotton growers, and government and industry partners eradicated the pink bollworm – one of the world’s most damaging crop pests – from the United States and Mexico. For much of the past century, the invasive pink bollworm wreaked havoc in the southwestern United States and northern […]