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Experts say Med Sea altered by Suez Canal's invasive species

by Associated Press
| January 15, 2020 10:05 PM

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway’s lesser known legacies — the invasion of hundreds of non-native species, including toxic jellyfish and aggressive lionfish.

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