An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

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 ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A "strange" prehistoric plant species is the lone representative of a ...

(CNN) — Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world’s most widespread invasive species, is blanketing the lake, choking its fish and ...

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The management of invasive alien species (IAS) within the European Union has evolved significantly over recent decades, driven by the increasing recognition of their severe impacts on biodiversity, ...

Biological invasions by plants pose a growing threat to biodiversity. Here we model potential current and future distributions of 9,701 naturalized alien plant species to project their potential ...

Effective management of invasive alien vegetation is one of the most critical ways to protect South Africa’s natural water sources. According to WWF South Africa’s Water Gains Calculator Tool, in 2025 ...

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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.