Planet Earth online: Blogs & opinion: Aliens descend on Britain http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/story.aspx?id=641 Find out what a non-native species is and what scientists are doing to stem their invasion. en-gb Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:50:25 BST http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=641&pid=194 How you can help monitor invasive species http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=641&pid=194 Chinese muntjac deer, Chinese mitten crab, zebra mussels, tree-of-heaven, American skunk-cabbage and creeping water-primrose are at the centre of a new website launched today called 'Recording Invasive Species Counts'. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:50:22 GMT http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=641&pid=193 Keeping track of non-native species in Britain http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=641&pid=193 There are 3808 non-native species in Great Britain: 43 bony fish, 44 mammals, 326 birds, 1821 flowering plants, 64 crustacea, 865 insects... and many more. Or so we think. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:42:18 GMT http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=641&pid=192 Aliens in the attic http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=641&pid=192 "Ladybird knocks spots off the squirrel's migration" (The Times, 7th February 2008); "Invading ladybirds breed up ecological storm for UK species" (Guardian, 30th June 2009); "Harlequin ladybird threat to 1000 species" (Mirror, 30th June 2009); "Bewa... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:48:34 GMT http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=641&pid=191 Invasive non-native species in Britain and beyond http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=641&pid=191 The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment published in 2005 designated invasive non-native species, alongside climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and overexploitation, as one of the main causes of biodiversity loss. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:53:41 GMT