The green colour of Earth's forests is not accidental. Plants contain chlorophyll, a pigment that absorbs red and blue wavelengths of sunlight while reflecting green light. This process allows plants ...

Kozhikode: Forest department launched a multi-institutional study to see if the tiny insect attacking an invasive tree can be used for biological control of the invasive alien tree, Senna spectabilis, ...

It is a very strange island far out in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Yemen, and is often referred to as the most alien-looking place on earth. This has been accumulated on Socotra, one of a group ...

The commercial timber plantations at Newlands are of invasive alien pine trees. These spread their seeds en masse into the surrounding indigenous vegetation. Newlands Forest. Cape Town. Source – S ...