Around 20 volunteers picked up trash and removed small stands of the plant Arundo along the creek area of the Rillito River. Arundo donax, also known as giant reed, is an invasive plant native to ...
However, some plants grow a little too well. “Invasive plants spread aggressively and cause environmental changes, such as the elimination of native plant populations,” says Justine Kandra ...
Invasive plants also spread quickly in multiple ways, such as by seeds, creeping stems and roots, or fruits eaten by birds and dropped elsewhere. “Invasive plants proliferate themselves at a high rate ...
Skye Pelliccia knows an invasive plant when she sees one. “[They] could be [in] a development area, roadsides, somewhere that is being physically developed, like urban areas that just have soil ...
The Blue Mountains Conservation Society has urged locals to help protect local biodiversity by removing the plant from backyards and gardens. "This invasive vine is a serious threat to our local ...
Scientists found that healthy women can carry genetic changes in their breast cells that are thought to be characteristic of invasive breast cancer. Most cancer cells have too many or too few ...
A homeowner who couldn't get rid of an unwanted plant crowdsourced methods of removal, and they came away with good advice. So, all the more reason to maintain a green space on your property or in ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas hunters and those who enjoy the outdoors are being warned about an invasive parasite not ... which led to a South Texas plant producing around 200 million sterile flies ...
You can assume no one in the comments of the post in the r/InvasiveSpecies subreddit will be paying the $10 price for the cuttings on sale. One scary thought is that "some people actually plant this ...
From California comes the story of native species defending our shores from pillaging green crabs introduced from Europe. Destroying native crab hatcheries, hunting juvenile salmon, and leveling ...
In the heart of Istanbul stands a building that has witnessed the ebb and flow of empires, religions, and civilisations. The Hagia Sophia, a chameleon of architecture, has shape-shifted through ...
An Aussie witnessed an invasive plant 'resurrect' from the dead after spotting tiny shoots emerge in her garden weeks after she thought she killed the plant. The scene has reignited a warning ...