Today, we know that introducing a foreign species into a habitat, no matter how benign it seems to be, is a really bad idea. The Bradford pear is one prime example of this. The small and decorative tree was a staple of the thousands of new subdivisions that sprung up across the country between the …
Alligators are a normal part of the scenery for Floridians, meaning it shouldn’t have come as a shock when a species of crocodile started making its home in the state. However, not everyone is happy with the new creature residing in Florida, which comes all the way from Africa. In Nile crocodile, as it’s called, …