Alien species are taking over nature. Rogue rats are running amok on remote islands, predatory crayfish are cruising English rivers, Japanese knotweed is strangling South Wales, water hyacinth is ...

Rats are among the alien species which have caused global extinctions. Pictured: Rats eat grains of puffed rice in Allahabad on July 28, 2015. Getty Images/Sanjay Kanojia Maybe it's a good thing we ...

The human population is growing rapidly and making increasing demands on the planet for food, water and natural resources. As a result, environments worldwide are being converted to agricultural and ...

The steady rise in alien invasions is troubling scientists, who are concerned about the innocent Earth creatures that could be threatened. A group of researchers reported that the number of invasive ...

The European Commission proposed today (9 September) a new regulation to list and ban invasive alien species of plants and animals that are not welcome in Europe. There are currently more than 12,000 ...

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Alien plants and animals cost Europe over $1.5 trillion in the last six decades, according to a new study, indicating the global economic impact of such species could be several times higher than ...

An ' alien life form' has been spotted crawling along the ground - and has baffled everyone who has seen it. The strange creature looks like "an alien life form that has got lost on earth" after it ...