Alien species such as "killer shrimp" and zebra mussels are invading Britain at a rate never seen before, the Government has been warned. The Environmental Audit Committee, Parliament's green watchdog ...

Non-native 'alien' wildlife species such as "killer shrimp" and zebra mussels are invading Britain at a rate never seen before. The Government has been warned of the dangers these alien species bring ...

A growing number of "alien" species, from killer shrimps to yellow hornets, are threatening British wildlife, economy and even people's health. The bee-killing yellow-legged hornet is among the ...

MPs have warned that wildlife species alien to Britain are invading the country at an unprecedented rate. The Commons environmental audit committee reports that there were 1875 non-native species ...

Alien wildlife species such as the killer shrimp and the zebra mussel are invading Britain at a rate never seen before, MPs have warned. MPs on the Commons Environmental Audit Committee have called on ...

The Asian tiger mosquito is prevalent in Italy and is expected to move north in the coming years (Wiki Commons) Invasive alien species are causing greater damage to UK wildlife and human health than ...

Invasive foreign animals and plants such as oak processionary moths, Japanese knotweed and killer shrimp are a spiralling problem that the Government is failing to deal with, a panel of MPs has found.

A Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an "invasive alien species", citing the damage they cause to birds and other wildlife. Some cat lovers have reacted emotionally to this ...

Does human population increase mean more disease for wild and domestic animals and plants? Read more ...