South Africa’s efforts to combat water-greedy invasive alien trees are facing a series of critical setbacks following a 78% cut in budget to the environmental programmes charged with implementing ...

For generations, artists and science-fiction writers have imagined alien landscapes beneath twin sunsets. The image became iconic in popular culture long before astronomers confirmed that planets ...

The commercial timber plantations at Newlands are of invasive alien pine trees. These spread their seeds en masse into the surrounding indigenous vegetation. Newlands Forest. Cape Town. Source – S ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Unchecked for centuries, these trees have crushed the masonry of an Angkor temple. The structure will slowly be ...

Hidden deep within the lush landscapes of the Philippines lies a forest so surreal that visitors can’t help but feel like they are in some alien movie. This is not because of the wildlife found there ...