An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

A new report presents major findings on the gravity of impacts from invasive alien species on our planet. A new report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) ...

Zarah Pattison receives funding from NERC, UKRI. A lot of people think of plants as pretty to look at, but defenceless and passive as far as organisms go. However, the many alien species – or “monster ...

Many mountain ranges contain semi-natural habitats that have been little human interference. They are home to many animal and plant species, some of them endemic and highly specialized. Mountains have ...

According to a survey, 44 exotic invasive plant species were recorded in five protected forests in Bangladesh. Of them, seven species were found to be harmful, with significant environmental impacts ...

Clearing water-guzzling and soil-damaging alien invasive plants costs South Africa several hundred million rands every year. Now, a promising pilot project to recoup some of this cost by producing ...