In a hyperconnected world, framing and managing biological invasions poses complex and contentious challenges, affecting socioeconomic and environmental sectors. This complexity distinguishes the field and fuels polarized debates. In the present article, we synthesize four contentious issues in invasion science that are rarely addressed together: vocabulary usage, the potential benefits of nonnative species, perceptions shifting because of global change, and rewilding practices and biological invasions. Researchers have predominantly focused on single issues; few have addressed multiple components of the debate within or across disciplinary boundaries. Ignoring the interconnected nature of these issues risks overlooking crucial cross-links. We advocate for interdisciplinary approaches that better integrate social and natural sciences. Although they are challenging, interdisciplinary collaborations offer hope to overcome polarization issues in invasion science. These may bridge disagreements, facilitate knowledge exchange, and reshape invasion science narratives. Finally, we present a contemporary agenda to advance future research, management, and constructive dialogue.

African Amphibian Conservation Research Group Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management of North West University Potchefstroom South Africa

Centre for Invasion Biology Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South Africa

Department of Chemistry Life Sciences Environmental Sustainability at the University of Parma Parma Italy

Department of Geography and Environment at Loughborough University Loughborough England United Kingdom

Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science at Rhodes University

Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology at the University of Turin Turin Italy

Department of Plant Biology and Ecology at the University of Sevilla Sevilla Spain

Department of Wildlife Fish Environmental Studies at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala

Environment Agency of Bristol England United Kingdom

Estación Biológica de Doñana

Estación Biológica de Doñana Sevilla Spain

Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas Almería Spain

Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds Leeds England United Kingdom

Institute for Environmental Protection and Research Roma Italy

Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague the Czech Republic

Instituto Patagonico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales Chubut Argentina

Research Group on Zoology Biodiversity and Toxicology at the Centre for Environmental Sciences at Hasselt University Diepenbeek Belgium

School of Applied Science and Open Learning at Kapasa Makasa University Chinsali Zambia

School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington Seattle Washington United States

School of Molecular and Life Science at Curtin University Perth Western Australia Australia

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Makhanda South Africa

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research Birmensdorf Switzerland

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