Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

From the hot pink apple snail eggs that cling to cypress trees to trampled sugarcane crops, signs of invasive species are ...

Invasive alien species are the subset of alien species that become established and spread, causing negative impacts on nature and often also on people. About six percent of alien plants; 22 percent of ...

Clearing water-guzzling and soil-damaging alien invasive plants costs South Africa several hundred million rands every year.

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 ...

Two ambitious multi-stakeholder projects that aim to tackle the threat of invasive alien species have been launched at a conference in Europe last week (20-23 January 2025). GuardIAS and OneSТOP — ...

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 leaving ...

Only collaboration at scale, across sectors and geographies, can turn the tide on invasive species, which are a growing ...

Grace Skinner, a data scientist at UKCEH who led the new study, said: “It is crucial that we recognise insects not just as ...