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 ...

Paleontologists are excited by a new "alien plant" fossil that was discovered just outside an abandoned town in Utah. The fossil is unlike anything that has been found thus far and has scientists ...

Scientists stunned to find strange ‘alien plant’ that doesn’t belong to any known species - Findings point to lack of clarity ...

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 ...

In the spirit of community service and love for the environment, 62 volunteers from IQVIA gathered at the Kloofendal Nature Reserve to eradicate alien invasive plants under the direction and guidance ...

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 ...

There are approximately 27 000 indigenous species in South Africa and 9 000 foreign plant species that have been introduced over the past few centuries. Of these 9 000 exotic or alien introductions, ...

Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Sello Seitlholo, and the Rhodes University Centre for Biological Control (CBC) have released weevil species to tackle the invasive alien aquatic plant at ...

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.

The term invasive alien species (IAS) is used to describe organisms that are introduced accidentally or deliberately into a natural environment where they are not normally found, and which have severe ...

A survey of five million distant solar systems, aided by 'neural network' algorithms, has discovered 60 stars that appear to be surrounded by giant alien power plants. Seven of the stars — so-called M ...

I spend a lot of my life trying to figure out what the hell things are. I’m out in my garden, often piddling, and I am presented with several things. Sometimes I planted those things, and I appreciate ...