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Experts want to combat new species of plants that are moving around within the United States, and coming from around the ...
In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, the borough’s most popular green space, volunteers learn the difference between English Ivy and ...
A creeping "invasion" has been threatening to smother one of Wales's most popular lakes. Lagarosiphon major, also known as ...
Biological invasions are widely acknowledged as a serious threat to biodiversity, global economies, and a good quality of ...
Britain's most dangerous plant' has hit its scorching peak, experts have warned - and it could leave children, parents, and ...
Slugs and snails are the bane of many a gardener's life, decimating plants especially seedlings or those with soft leaves.
Ecological and economic damage can reverberate through ecosystems when invasive species become established — and some such as ...
The disease metaphor is compelling. There's just one problem: Fifty years of research by invasion biologists around the world has failed to confirm it. When an alien species enters a new ecosystem, it ...
Without intervention, consequences associated with invasive non-native species (INNS) can be long-term and difficult to reverse. As Invasive Species Week draws to a close in Ireland and Northern ...
May 13, 2025 at 2:07pm BST Concerns have been raised after a recent workshop recording earthworms at a site in Co Down found a low number in the soil, with the killer invasive ‘New Zealand ...
Ardmore Tidy Towns will host Dr Fran Giaquinto and Phoebe O’Brien for the launch of their new book, Identification Guide to the Non-Native Invasive Plants of Britain and Ireland, on Friday, May ...