Invasive species are reshaping ecosystems and local people's relationship with nature in the tropics, a study led by Danish ...

NAIVASHA, Kenya — For someone who fishes for a living, nothing says a bad day like spending over 18 hours on a lake and taking home nothing. Recently, a group of fishermen were said to be stranded on ...

In tropical parts of Oceania, India and Brazil invasive plants are altering food chains and damaging traditional ecosystem ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The discovery of water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic plant, has led to the temporary closure of boating access to Lake Georgia-Pacific in Ashley County. The Arkansas Game and Fish ...

HARTBEESPOORT, South Africa (AP) — Dozens of tiny black weevils cling onto a fern plant as it is tossed onto a leafy green mat coating the surface of South Africa's Crocodile River. Those weevils aren ...

NEW ORLEANS — There are floating islands of vegetation in the middle of Lake Pontchartrain just off the Causeway Bridge. In some areas, you can spot them as far as the eye can see. “I think it’s just ...

A 25-year-old ecologist from Tiruchi has shown that water hyacinth, the invasive weed choking rivers and tanks across South ...

Water hyacinth is a highly invasive aquatic plant that poses significant challenges to water systems worldwide, impeding navigation, reducing oxygen transfer, and threatening native biodiversity. Yet, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The flowers covering most of the University Lakes may look nice with their bright Tiger purple color, but they’re actually one of the most invasive aquatic plants in the ...

In many parts of the world, water hyacinths are a noxious invasive weed that’s tricky to tame. But Nigerian entrepreneurs have come up with innovative ways to turn the plant into useful products.

A centuries-old technique for growing floating beds of vegetable crops is gaining popularity in Bangladesh's southern coastal districts, a response to flooding and sea rise worsened by climate change ...