Efforts to manage invasive alien plant species in forests could be held back by a continued reliance on chemical methods, ...

More than 2,500 plant species have the potential to invade the Arctic at the expense of the species that belong there. Norway is one of the areas that is particularly at risk. Species that are not ...

A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today. The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of ...

The plants outside your window carry a hidden geography. Many arrived from distant continents. A new global forecast shows that mix is about to shift, in ways few people notice until it takes hold.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A "strange" prehistoric plant species is the lone representative of a ...

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 ...

An Invasive Alien Species Programme (IASP) jobs initiative aimed at protecting KZN’s natural environment while creating ...

Earth plants could thrive under the light of an alien sun, according to a recent experiment. A team of astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under ...

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.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers found this by overlaying maps of Indigenous people’s lands (IPLs) with recently published of millions of alien species from around the ...