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![Photo of caddisfly in water.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/mktaylorcaddisfly1500.jpg)
Newcomers May Change Ecosystem Functions – Or Not
![Bee visiting a flower](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pollinator-series-scaled.jpg)
Wildflowers Near Lawns Can Increase Bee Abundance
![Bradford pear tree in bloom](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kelly-Oten-Bradford-pear-CROP-scaled.jpg)
Bounty Offered on Bradford Pear Trees
![Dead ponderosa pine trees in California.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-design-8.jpg)
During An Historic Drought, Higher Temperatures Helped a Beetle Kill More California Pine Trees
![Glowing firefly on a leaf](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/firefly-1500.jpg)
How Fireflies Glow – and What Signals They’re Sending
![Skeletonized Fraser fir trees in the forest on the summit of Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains Mountains National Park.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GreatSmokyMountains-1500.jpg)