Invasive Species Lead to Species Extinctions

Third of Animal Extinctions Since 1500.

The introduction of invasive species has been the primary cause of plant and animal extinctions over the past 500 years, a study from University College London’s (UCL) Center for Biodiversity and Environment Research found.

The study, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, looked at 953 extinctions since 1500 and found that 126 of them, o…