An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps of invasion risk for thousands of alien plant species under current ...

For a majority of its history, the Arctic has served as a natural ecological barrier. The region’s extreme cold, brief growing seasons, and isolation have prevented most plant species from surviving ...

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Thousands of alien species could invade the Arctic, warns a new study. Warmer temperatures and more tourists make it easier for non-native plants and animals to get a foothold in far northerly ...

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Cape Town’s Table Mountain Range, with a view of old plantation blocks on the granite slopes. Alien gum invasions are visible in the ravines. Johan Lourens/Getty Images Underground seed banks in South ...

Researchers have found nearly every plant part they need to trace the prehistoric history of a 47 million-year-old "alien plant" from Utah. That’s why it's baffling that it remains so elusive and ...

An strange, extinct plant once thought to be related to modern ginseng is now considered the lone representative of an unknown family. Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History photo by Jeff Gage ...

A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today. The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of ...

In 1969, paleobotanists identified fossilized leaves in eastern Utah belonging to the extinct species Othniophyton elongatum, a name that translates to “alien plant.” Initially, researchers speculated ...

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