Grey squirrels, Sitka spruce, ash dieback disease and Japanese knotweed are all highly damaging invasive alien species in Ireland. Among other impacts, invasive species threaten nature, impact on food ...

Hydnora is one of the strangest flowering plants ever discovered, a subterranean parasite that survives entirely by draining nutrients from the roots of other plants . It spends most of its life ...

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.

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 ...

In a water-scarce South Africa, alien plants drink up to 6% of our freshwater annually. A new technology now proves the massive water savings from clearing them, potentially turning a costly problem ...

The common ragweed plant (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) has spread rapidly in Europe and has intensified the pollen season for many allergy sufferers. Now the plant has arrived in Norway. Common ragweed ...

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 ...

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The plant was entirely unique, with features no modern plant shares, making it an outsider in the fossil record A MIND-boggling discovery has left scientists even more puzzled about one of the most ...