Invasive species are the second most important cause of extinctions of native species, exceeded only by the destruction of habitats through human activity. To learn more of the details of the great invasive threat, and to find solutions before it has reached catastrophic levels, will require far more science and science-based technology than we now possess. Humanity needs more experts who have the passion and breadth of knowledge to know what to look for in the first place. That’s where you come in, and why I have told you this story of New Caledonia’s threatened bull ant.
