Reed, an invasive alien plant that is abundant on the banks of many rivers, ponds and canals, can encourage the growth of ...

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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 ...

Communities are restoring the Western Cape’s natural water systems by clearing thousands of hectares of invasive alien plants ...

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 ...

The Bern Convention Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) was established in 1992 to accompany Bern Convention Contracting Parties in designing and implementing control measures for ...

Most home gardeners pottering around with trowel, plant cuttings and a bag of mulch behind the old homestead don’t think of themselves as “nature’s best and last hope.” Doug Tallamy, an entomologist ...

In South Africa’s water-scarce regions, one of the most effective ways to restore water is also one of the least visible: ...