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 ...
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 team of researchers, led by Durham University, UK, has provided the first global analysis of established alien species. Their study is published in the journal Nature Ecology & ...
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.
Scientists have discovered a unique fossil that does not match any known species of flowering plants, an advance that sheds ...
Introduction: Nonnative species in the world / David Pimentel -- The impacts of alien plants in Australia / Richard H. Groves -- Environmental and economic costs of invertebrate invasions in Australia ...