"Because of this ongoing environmental catastrophe, we need to put all of the management options on the table to try to find ways of reducing the rate at which our biodiversity succumbs to the impacts of invasive alien species, " he says.

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The owner of a New York toy store says he is thinking of buying Megatron Transformers alien action figures directly from Japan for the first time in three years.

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"The rhythms of the game are very similar to domestic cricket and it's not an alien game to me, " he says.

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He says he was startled and deeply moved to hear the familiar words of Genesis beaming back from an alien world.

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