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 ...

A lot of people think of plants as pretty to look at, but defenceless and passive as far as organisms go. However, the many alien species – or “monster plants” – around us show we should never ...

A 'biological invasion' of alien species is threatening life on Earth – with risks to human health, crops, and infrastructure, a new report finds. Around 37,000 alien species have entered new areas – ...

NATURE MINISTER Ben Bradshaw has made an impassioned plea to gardeners to stop introducing monster alien plants to the UK. The “Weeds of Mass Domination” are threatening to invade some of Britain‘s ...

Britain is under threat from more than 66 alien plant and animal species headed our way, experts warn, including a monster seaweed and a killer catfish. The ‘codium parvulum’ seaweed was recorded ...

There are now more alien species of plant in Britain than native varieties according to the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland – with more than half of all native species declining in population ...

The Forest Research and Training Centre (FRTC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Forest and Environment and other partner organizations, organized a two-day maiden National Conference on Invasive ...

14:26, Mon, Sep 4, 2023 Updated: 15:36, Mon, Sep 4, 2023 Scientists have claimed that invasive alien species are taking over at an unprecedented rate, potentially causing an extinction threat to both ...

Great Britain is in the top 10% of areas for harbouring alien species, according to a study. Animals that have moved in from afar include the grey squirrel, rose-ringed parakeet and the noble false ...

Scientists have discovered a unique fossil that does not match any known species of flowering plants, an advance that sheds more light on the planet’s ancient diversity. Researchers first spotted the ...

A newly discovered carnivorous plant has been named after the Surrealist artist H.R. Giger, best known for his work on the film Alien Nepenthes 'H.R. Giger' has been named after the late Surrealist ...