More than 2,500 alien plant species could find suitable conditions in the Arctic, especially in northern Norway and Svalbard.

WWF welcomes yesterday’s decision by EU Member states to approve the inclusion of 12 new species to the EU’s “List of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern”. WWF welcomes yesterday’s decision by EU ...

Human activity brings with it alien species and creates excellent conditions that allow them to become established in an otherwise barren Arctic landscape. (Kristine Bakke Westergaard, NTNU via SWNS) ...

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Australia is renowned for its native flora and fauna, but did you know the continent is also home to about 3,000 “alien” species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes? Invasive alien species become ...