Eleven of 12 volunteer dog-handler teams passed a German field test after training to locate invasive alien plants in the ...

Sniffer dogs were trained in Germany to detect invasive plants—alien species that cause biodiversity destruction ...

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 ...

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 ...

Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the main causes of biodiversity loss worldwide. A study published Nov. 4, 2026, in ...

Researchers found that with training, volunteer dog-handler teams could locate invasive species in the wild with 75% accuracy.

A 20-year field survey has produced the first complete vascular flora of Empoli, Tuscany, documenting 757 taxa and an alien share 207 percent above model predictions.

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The sixteenth instalment of the Notulae series documents new regional records and several promotions from casual to naturalized status for alien vascular plants across Italy.