European Alien Species Information Network - EASIN

The detection of the #CoinMarkedSnake, #HemorrhoisNummifer in Malta sparks fear it can become invasive. The species, present in SE Europe, Central Asia & NE Africa is harmless to humans but could have a devastating impact on an endemic native reptile, Zamenis situla👉https://bit.ly/4rbwc47

#VespaVelutina in Switzerland: Canton Zurich launches a campaign pursuing eradication, since hornet population is considered still limited, funding the detection and destruction by specialists of nests discovered. Residents should report nests through info-fauna.ch/en/home/

Thanks to beekeepers' #EarlyDetection, adults tagging and telemetry, nests of the #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern #VespaVelutina were recently tracked down and destroyed in Parma and Bologna provinces, Italy, within the project StopVelutina 👉 www.stopvelutina.it.

Eugenio Gervasini & Allegra Gatti gave a lecture on #ScienceCommunication in a UniParma course on #CitizenScience yesterday, focusing on #InvasiveAlienSpecies & #Storytelling, staging the play "Alien Dialogues on Biodiversity", featuring a Blue crab and a Louisiana crayfish.

What's the length of a flatworm😳? This and many other questions on #InvasiveAlienSpecies from visitors addressed by our researchers Beatrice&Chiara @Focus_it Live science festival 2025 at Museo della Scienza in Milan today!!

Worrysome detection of #PectinatellaMagnifica #AlienSpecies Bryozoa in Varese lake, following lake Maggiore in 2021. The species competes with other invertebrates, can trasnmit diseas to fish like PKD. Its presence sparks attention to avoid further spread bit.ly/434Kf1e

Could botanic gardens help increasing awareness on #InvasiveAlienSpecies, and IAS of Union concern? #TriadicaSebifera at botanic garden in Barcelona.

EASIN Team extends its gratitude to Ivan Deriu, skilled and smart Data Manager, for its good work and dedication during last 13 years, and wishes the best of success for its new endeavour at the EU Directorate-General for Digital Services (DIGIT). Thanks Ivan, ad maiora‼️

🎉New study by #EASIN!!
#InvasiveAlienSpecies affect multiple EU policy sectors but are rarely a priority. Our review of 602 species highlights the need for better cross-sector collaboration.
📍 Findings shared at #NeoBiota2024.

🔗bit.ly/4hdMbKC

T. Kimura on marine #NIS in Japan: 77 species unintentionally introduced via ballast water, hull fouling, imported live fish & aquaculture shellfish; 34 brought in for aquaculture, fish baits, or as ornamental aquatic plants. Pathways control & legislation strengthening are crucial.

Lisa Drake, Marine Environmental Services USA, keynote speech higlighting the role of science, policy, and industry as essential to reduce global shipborne bioinvasions by #NIS, trough the implementation of the IMO #BallastWater Management Convention. @ICBM
Conference in Madeira.

Inti Keith invites sharing forces in the Americas through the COMBINA project, a cross-border solution to tackle #marine #InvasiveSpecies @ICMB Conference in Madeira.

Lydia Png Gonzales, @ICMB Conference in Madeira, illustrates the implementation of MSFD in Spain, highlighting the collaboration at EU level in the context of the Common Implementation Strategy #NonIndigenousSpecies experts network, coordinated by JRC.

Stelios Katsanevakis, @GuardIAS
project, presents the methodological framework for analysing #InvasiveAlienSpecies spread dynamics in the Aegean Sea. ICBM Conference, Madeira, Azores.

Alessandro Piazza on monitoring #marine #AlienSpecies with Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures, @ICMB Conference in Madeira.

Ines Afonso: identifying hotspots for #marine #AlienSpecies in Portugal @ICMB Conference in Madeira.

Ross Cuthbert keynote speech on advancing assessment of #marine bioinvasion costs at @ICMB Conference in Madeira today.

📢 #EASIN just added ~2,000 new alien species observations from IBISURVEY, EASIN-Lit, REABIC & NOTSYS!
All data is quality-checked, mapped, and is now live in the EASIN Geodatabase 🗺️
Browse the updated maps & support open data on #InvasiveSpecies 🔗 👉 link.europa.eu/QrQrVw
#OpenScience #AlienSpecies

🧐Marine #InvasiveAlienSpecies: A.C. Cardoso will contribute with a keynote speech on "Marine Bioinvasions in Europe, Threats, Impacts and Response" to the XII International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions held in Madeira, from 6 to 9 October 👉https://marinebioinvasions.info/

Obama chez moi! The invasion of metropolitan France by the land planarian Obama nungara (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) Background Obama nungara is a species of land flatworm originating from South America; the species was recently described and distinguished from a similar species, Obama marmorata. Obama nungara has i...

Meet Obama nungara, a South American flatworm now found in three-quarters of metropolitan France. Over 530 citizen reports over 5+ years, and molecular evidence shows two Argentine clades behind Europe’s spread.
Still threatening soil fauna? Possibly.
Learn more: 🔗 doi.org/10.7717/peer...

Wrap on Day 1 of the GuardIAS project meeting in Thessaloniki! 🇬🇷

A jam-packed day of collaboration, covering everything from AI & eDNA for tracking invasive species to boosting citizen science.

Ready for Day 2!

#GuardIAS #InvasiveSpecies

Teun Everts @inbo.be showcasing the #xenopuslaevis @guardias.bsky.social case study rapid response effectiveness can be measured w #eDNA amazing conservation work

🧐EASIN will participate to the European Researchers Night tomorrow at the JRC stand at Loggia dei Mercanti, Milan, opposite to Duomo!!! Eugenio & Chiara will welcome you, run activities on #AlienSpecies and gladly answer your questions on biodiversity Visit us, see you there!!!

How do we measure life on Earth? 🌍🌱 The new summary report from the 2025 US-UK Forum on Measuring Biodiversity, hosted by the NAS and @royalsociety.org, explores tools, challenges, and solutions for tackling the #biodiversity crisis.

Read here: bit.ly/460RB7R

The second day of #MAMBOagm concluded with presentations covering the topics of:
⏺ Code for easy access and training on GitHub
⏺ Chatting up to models, large language models in biodiversity research
⏺ Impact of image recognition on biodiversity data

#MAMBOmeets

On Sept 13th 📆our Eugenio Gervasini & Beatrice Melone will stage the storytelling play "Dialoghi alieni sulla Biodiversità" at CNR event “𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀-𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞” 🌊 in Bologna.
A journey through the canal nature, ending with a fictional debate on invasive species 🦀🦞👉http://bit.ly/3JNfION

CS-MACH1: help shaping the future of #marine #CitizenScience data! Contribute to the online survey 👉http://bit.ly/45KKlwH. More info 👉https://bit.ly/3JJlMaL

MISSING LOLA!! A common sign in our cities to find our beloved pets, considered part of our family, flown or run away. Be a sensible pet owner, do not let them loose, for their safety and for protecting the environment!!!

#VespaVelutina, #AsianHornet, #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union Concern, is spreading in Varese province, Lombardy. Beekepers engaged in its monitoring and control 👉https://www.stopvelutina.it/vespa-velutina-a-busto-arsizio-va/

I Speak for the Fish: Swiping right on native fish | Great Lakes Now How do you stop a few specific species from entering a river while maintaining access for all the others? FishPass aims to do just that.

How do you stop a few specific species from entering a river while maintaining access for all the others? FishPass aims to do just that.

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/08/i-sp...