The number of alien plant species has more than tripled over the last 25 years. This is the finding of a study by European scientists who evaluated the data from 48 European countries and regions. A ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps ...

The use of biological control for invasive alien plants and invertebrates, such as introducing a rust fungus (Puccinia spegazzinii) to control bitter vine (Mikania micrantha) in the Asia-Pacific ...

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.

The ability of alien plant species to invade a region depends not only on attributes of the plant, but on characteristics of the habitat being invaded. Here, we examine characteristics that may ...

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

Deep in the Namib Desert, Africa's wildest wilderness, among the many interesting discoveries of the desert lives a remarkable survivor. Known in Afrikaans as "tweeblaarkanniedood" meaning, "two ...

It sounds like the title of a bad B-movie: Alien Plant Invaders. But here in Montgomery County and communities across the country, the problem of alien plants -- also known as nonnative invasive ...

A proposal prepared by forest officials says that two invasive alien plant species (IAS) are spread across 17,483 hectare forest land and threatening indigenous plants in the state. Kochi: A proposal ...