In a well-studied Ecuadorean forest, ornithologists have discovered a previously undetected bird. Ridgely, R.S. 1998. A scientist discovers one of the largest birds found in the last fifty years. The Academy of Natural Sciences Press Release. The voracious European green crab, recently introduced to West Coast waters, is rapidly spreading northward, threatening coastal shellfish.
Exotic species prove costly immigrants.
Alexander, A. 1997. Growers feeling blue over green crab. Bassett, Z. 1998. The European green crab . . . A new invader.