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A guy in New York is celebrating today because his ginormous, so-ugly-its-cute pet snakehead fish, named "Rocky," has been given a reprieve by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation. As long as he applies for a permit (and pays the $500 permit fee), he can keep Rocky in a tank.

The emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis ) has been found in Western New York .

Thirty-five college students are lucky enough to attend "Invasive Species" summer school in Ontario, Canada this year . The students will be trained to do invasive species outreach and monitoring.

Oregon is casting a wary eye on boaters coming from zebra mussel-infested states , and is watching for other invaders as well.

DNR in Maryland says that mute swans have to go , egg addling and killing of adult swans to continue.

China estimates that invasive species cost it more than $29 billion dollars (200 billion yuan) per year .

A new population of the Oriental weatherfish ( Misgurnus anguillicaudatus ) has been found in New York. While there was a population in western NY that has been known since 2005, the one discovered last May is located in the southeastern tip of the state , in the Dwaar Kill.