A man discovered an alien-like creature living in his aquarium after he filled it with plants he took from Lake Waikaremoana, North Island, New Zealand. In this image, Pacific Sea nettle jellyfish are ...

“Invasive alien species are a major threat to biodiversity and can cause irreversible damage to nature, including local and global species extinctions, and also threaten human wellbeing,” said ...

The plants were taken from Lake Waikaremoana, on the North Island in New Zealand. But it was four weeks before the man, known only as Angus, noticed what appeared to be some sort of life form swimming ...

Erik Irmer has been documenting the spread of invasive plant and animal species that disrupt native ecology across Europe. He focuses on humans’ interactions with these plants and animals. Aliens is p ...

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 ...