Are humans an invasive species?

3) An invasive species is introduced to a new habitat: Humans move themselves; there is no outside entity facilitating their spread. 4) An invasive species had adverse effects on its new habitat and/or on human health: Humans meet this part of the definition in too many ways to count. read more

Invasive species are non-native; Humans have colonized every continent somehow, usually by forcing out whatever population or species was there before. An invasive species had adverse effects on the new habitat or is harmful to human health; humans fit into this part of the definition in more ways than one. read more

We humans invented the term "invasive species", to label species that we ourselves have directly or indirectly introduced in an environment where the species was not found before, and as a consequence of this introduction, the species causes harm to the environment, other species, or to humans. read more