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 ...

Thousands of alien species could invade the Arctic, warns a new study. Warmer temperatures and more tourists make it easier ...

Many non-native plants could survive in the Arctic, as rising temperatures and human activity make it easier for invasive plants to arrive.

Sitka spruce, sika deer and common garden plants are all invasive species with potential to cause harm to native varieties ...

As the climate warms, the number of alien species on every continent is expected to increase 36% by 2050. Some alien species—that is, plants or animals that live outside their natural range—are ...

The invasive water hyacinth has taken over a communal pond in a small village in northern India. All other plants have been pushed out. Invasive species are reshaping ecosystems and local people’s ...

Invasive alien species : the nature of the problem / Harold A. Mooney -- The economics of biological invasions / Charles Perrings, Silvana Dalmazzone, and Mark Williamson -- Vector science and ...

Thousands of alien species could invade the Arctic, warns a new study. Warmer temperatures and more tourists make it easier ...

Conservationists are optimistic that a project in the richly biodiverse Agulhas Plain in the Overberg could lead to self-sustaining alien clearing in the long term. Morné Engel sorts wood from alien ...

More than 2,500 plant species have the potential to invade the Arctic at the expense of the species that belong there. Norway is one of the areas that is particularly at risk.