“之所以会对它们产生兴趣是因为我有志于研究入侵物种，意大利壁蜥能告知我们很多自然入侵方面的知识，”纽约霍夫斯特拉大学（Hofstra University）的生物学家拉塞尔·伯克（Russell Burke）写道。
“I’m interested in them because I’m interested in invasive species and what they can tell us about natural invasions, ” writes Russell Burke, a biologist at Hofstra University in New York.
发表在《自然》杂志上的一项长达10年的研究表明：仅仅经过基因改造，并不会使植物更有可能成为入侵物种。
Simply because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to become an invasive according to a decade-long study published in the journal Nature.
大自然保护协会还向众多入侵物种发起了宣战，从羊群到植物，再到具有攻击性的阿根廷蚁。
The Nature Conservancy has declared war on a multitude of invasive species here, from sheep to plants to the aggressive Argentine ant.
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