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The Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis) chick is eating rice from its mother on the day of Mother’s Day at Tehatta, West Bengal India on 08/05/2022. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
COMMON MYNAS

How Kruger Park is tackling one of the world’s most problematic birds – the myna

In South Africa, the gregarious aerial invaders are ‘here to stay’ for the next few million years, scientists say

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
One of the world’s worst invasive species, the pesky Indian myna, has rapidly infiltrated the Kruger National Park over the past 20 years. (Photo by: David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
ALIEN SPECIES

Indian mynas are taking wing in the Kruger National Park and scientists are concerned

Rate of spread of invasive species has ‘dramatically increased’

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read