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.

Alien species are the main driver of recent extinctions in both animals and plants, according to a new study by UCL researchers. Alien species are the main driver of recent extinctions in both animals ...

“Invasive alien species are a major threat to biodiversity and can cause irreversible damage to nature, including local and global species extinctions, and also threaten human wellbeing,” said ...

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 ...

The magnitude of impacts caused by alien species on native biota and human societies is increasing rapidly 3. However, our knowledge of the global spread and distribution of naturalized species (that ...

Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive species and the knock-on effect of their presence Britain would be a wasteland if it weren’t for immigration. Fifteen ...