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More than 2,500 alien plant species could find suitable conditions in the Arctic, especially in northern Norway and Svalbard.

(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 ...

An alien invasion capable of triggering catastrophic changes is underway across North America. At least 70 imported earthworm species have colonized the continent, and represent a largely overlooked ...

Native sand grassland species co-grow with the invasive perennial forb Asclepias syriaca in a field restoration experiment. Seeding with native species reduces invasive alien species to a certain ...

Such alterations can, in turn, disrupt the food web and make way for invasive plants to take hold. Alien earthworms are also problematic, say the researchers, because they were simply dragged out of ...