The Bern Convention Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) was established in 1992 to accompany Bern Convention Contracting Parties in designing and implementing control measures for ...

Naohisa Okuda, head of the Nature Conservation Bureau at the Ministry of the Environment, explains about Japan's new regulations on alien species, with his face painted like a red-eared slider turtle, ...

Six Chinese government departments including the General Administration of Customs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, as well as the Ministry of Natural Resources, jointly issued a list ...

Known as the ``hammerhead worm'' because its head resembles a hammer, it is believed to have originally inhabited Southeast Asia and was introduced to the United States in the early 1900s with the ...

Poems, songs and lore recognise the threat. Customs that protect native species help too. A new study shows the extent to ...

Three-cornered Leek is in full flower at present and it is easy to spot as it often grows in dense clumps along roadside ...

Two creatures beloved by schoolchildren across Japan will no longer be imported, sold or allowed to be released into the wild from June. The ban applies to red swamp crayfish and the slider turtle ...

Report warns businesses are failing to respond to the risks invasive alien species can pose to organisations and supply chains Invasive alien species (IAS) that threaten biodiversity and ecosystem ...

WWF's free guide to sustainable seafood now delves into a growing climate threat: invasive species.View on euronews ...