About 2,500 new alien plant and animal species including the raccoon and American lobster, could arrive in Europe by 2050, a new study predicts. University College London experts believe the number of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Claims that the Nazca mummies represent a new alien species originate from a self-published paper by a retired paleontologist ...

Pest control experts are warning the public about a newly discovered invasive coin-marked snake species in Malta that could ...

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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 ...

Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Plants and animals that have moved beyond their native habitats as a result of human activity are having a ...

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 ...

Pockets of land and water that are free from ‘alien’ species are few and far between, finds Rachel Nuwer. Yet could we reverse the tide of these pests? When Piero Genovesi received my email, his ...