Born not to be free

YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK TWICE before liberating your pet goldfish in the local pond. Recent studies suggest that the release of aquarium fish into U.S. waterways is altering ecosystems and displacing--even eliminating--native species.

Until now, discharged ballast from ocean freighters bad been thought to be responsible for introducing most of the nonnative species found in American waters. But ...

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