Monday, June 27, 2005 at 10:00 AM EDT
Nature’s Invaders
When we think of nature, we don’t usually think of Hawaiian forests trampled by feral pigs or dog food-eating brown tree snakes. But in a world where no corner is spared, nature isn’t as pristine as we would like to think.
In a new book, senior editor for Discover Magazine Alan Burdick says that nature’s intruders are everywhere — often in the form of species plucked from one ecosystem and dropped into another, sometimes with disastrous results.
Hear a conversation with Burdick about the relentless march of invading species and their impact on ecosystems.
Guests:
Alan Burdick, senior editor for Discover Magazine and author of “Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion.”
