Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 3—Volunteers are needed to help pull frogbit Sunday as one of the state's Invasive Species Awareness Week events. The state ...

One of the "world's worst weeds" that can threaten drinking water supplies and clog irrigation channels has been discovered in Darwin. Amazon frogbit is a fast-growing, floating aquatic plant that can ...

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An invasive plant which can impede boat traffic and choke out wildlife habitat continues to spread across Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says European frogbit has been found in ...

This invasive, aquatic weed has turned up in two areas not far from Lake Michigan. Now, state environmental officials are urging lake users to be on the lookout for the plant and report it to the ...

Biosecurity experts are warning an aggressive, invasive weed available for sale online for as little as $5 as an ornamental aquarium plant is spreading and causing concern for the state's waterways.

Common/European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) is an aquatic annual native to Europe and Northern Africa. It invades rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands. It establishes particularly well when ...

The Michigan Wildlife Council is dedicated to raising public awareness about wildlife and wildlife conservation, and that includes the removal of invasive species. When people think of invasive ...

“It looks like little water lilly’s. It’s got leaves about the size of quarter, it floats on the surface of the water,” said Invasive Species Communications Coordinator for the MDNR, Joanne Foreman.

European frogbit is a bit of a bother. The invasive plant species was discovered for the first time last September on the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge while staff there were banding ducks. It ...