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 ...

A "strange" prehistoric plant species is the lone representative of a mysterious group of organisms that no longer exists, scientists have discovered. The first evidence of the species—in the form of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world’s most widespread invasive species, is blanketing the lake, choking its fish and ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Effective management of invasive alien vegetation is one of the most critical ways to protect South Africa’s natural water sources. According to WWF South Africa’s Water Gains Calculator Tool, in 2025 ...

The spread of species beyond their native habitat is a human-made environmental change on a global scale. Among vascular plants, over 16,000 species have now permanently settled in foreign countries.