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 ...

Mosquitoes are important vectors of diseases such as malaria, dengue, West Nile and Rift Valley fever which are a global health threat to humans and livestock 1. These vectors breed in a wide range of ...

Biological invasions by plants pose a growing threat to biodiversity. Here we model potential current and future distributions of 9,701 naturalized alien plant species to project their potential ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

The discovery of extraterrestrial material inside an ancient crater on Earth is raising new questions about how life may have first emerged on our planet. South Korean researchers studying the ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.