Identity crisis? News reports on invasive species feature misleading images of unrelated organisms

2024 · doi:10.32942/x2ck65
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This is a Preprint and has not been peer reviewed. This is version 1 of this Preprint. You must log in to post a comment. There are no comments or no comments have been made public for this article. This is a Preprint and has not been peer reviewed. This is version 1 of this Preprint. Add a Comment You must log in to post a comment. Comments There are no comments or no comments have been made public for this article. In mainstream media, news outlets play a vital role in raising awareness and rallying public support for managing invasive species. However, news reports on invasive species occasionally feature misleading images of unrelated organisms. In this correspondence, I illustrate the problem with recent international news reports on invasions by Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) in Asia, Australia and Europe. I discuss the serious implications of such misrepresentation for public understanding and support for invasive species management. I highlight ways ecologists can engage effectively with journalists to mitigate the spread of taxonomic misinformation in mainstream media. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2CK65 Life Sciences invasive species Published: 2024-06-18 04:58 Last Updated: 2024-06-18 08:58 CC-By Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Conflict of interest statement: None Data and Code Availability Statement: Not applicable Language: English

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