Even environmentally conscious hikers are neglecting to clean their boots before heading for the mountains and thus may be introducing alien plants to the environment, according to a survey. “Visitors ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps ...

Temperature plays the biggest role in where plants can grow. Warmer conditions allow more plants to survive in new places. Other factors like rainfall and soil also matter, but temperature has the ...

More than 2,500 plant species have the potential to invade the Arctic at the expense of the species that naturally belong ...

An invasive species also called as introduced species, alien species or exotic species is an introduced organism that becomes ...

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.

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, ...