A lot of people think of plants as pretty to look at, but defenseless and passive as far as organisms go. However, the many alien species—or "monster plants"—around us show we should never ...

Beetle Trap Plant: Parasitic, no chlorophyll, mimics fungi, attracts dung beetles, carrion beetles. Alien-like appearance, from South Africa. Cape Sundew: Carnivorous plant, feasts on insects ...

Humans have a knack for moving plants and animals around. With human help, over 37,000 species have traveled from their native homes to new parts of the world. Thousands of these “alien” or ...

Alien plants and animals cost Europe over $1.5 trillion in the last six decades, according to a new study, ... The analysis maps the impact of species such as the Asian tiger mosquito, ...

It’s the highest-profile example of an invasive aquatic plant crisis that has cost the global economy tens of billions of dollars historically, and now more than $700 million annually.

Researchers first spotted the fossilised leaves of the species Othniophyton elongatum, which translates to “alien plant”, in Rainbow in Utah in 1969. The former mining community is now a ghost ...

A new fossil discovery sheds new light on a 47-million-year-old "alien plant" species that is the only example ever found of its kind.

A peculiar cluster of fossils was retrieved from the Green River Formation in Utah back in 1969 – the 47-million-year-old leaves of an “alien plant” that was thought to be an unusual member ...

When an alien plant species arrives in a new environment, the soil community may be different from back home. Some of these plants respond by changing the soil to benefit their own growth. Himalayan ...

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 ...