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Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive species and the knock-on effect of their presence Britain would be a wasteland if it weren’t for immigration. Fifteen ...

Alien species are taking over nature. Rogue rats are running amok on remote islands, predatory crayfish are cruising English rivers, Japanese knotweed is strangling South Wales, water hyacinth is ...

ALIEN plant and animal invaders in Scotland are to be targeted by ministers. The Scottish Executive will be one of the bodies represented on a UK group with the task of advising on the the best way of ...

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As the impact of alien species on fragile island ecosystems is becoming increasingly clear, public awareness of the issue is sorely lacking, a panel of experts told the World Conservation Congress in ...

From lochs and lakes to rivers, ponds and canals, there is a diverse range of freshwater habitats in the UK, which is good news not just for biodiversity but also the economy, where they are ...

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Alien plants invading Britain from garden centres pose more of a threat to the environment than any so-called superweeds resulting from genetically modified (GM) crops, a leading scientist has warned.

ALIEN plants of gigantic proportions have taken over the Lowry entrance in its latest colourful multimedia exhibition.Greenhouse is a display of five oversized exotic species of plant life and ...

THE lives of endangered newts are being threatened by an alien plant which has taken over their habitat. Conservation workers are desperately trying to rid Stryt Las Country Park in Johnstown near ...