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http://www.deutsche-welle.de/dw/arti...125241,00.html

...Carsten Nowak from the Senkenberg Research Institute in Germany is worried that globalization may be leading to a gradual homogenization of species across the continents

"If we want to maintain regional differences, we have to somehow stop (current rates of) species invasions," he told Deutsche Welle...

...Tiger mosquitoes were originally transported to Albania in a batch of tires in 1979. From there they made their way to Italy. They are a serious cause for concern, because they carry diseases like dengue fever...