Pioneering University of Stirling-led research has revealed the diverse and damaging impact Himalayan balsam has on river ...

"Once it starts to establish in the wild, then it sort of starts taking over itself." Scientists enlist unlikely helpers in ...

Near Helsinki and elsewhere, a mobile game turns the fight against invasive species into a real-world mission for dedicated ...

An appeal has been made for volunteers to help clear Himalayan Balsam from a site owned by the Woodland Trust. The plant is considered an invasive species in the UK and has taken hold across the ...

Volunteers across Britain are racing to use a three-week window to stem the invasion of a plant which threatens to take over vast tracts of the countryside. Teams of workers are pulling up 'jungles' ...

The spread of invasive Himalayan balsam is now so bad that drivers who see it growing along roadside verges are being encouraged to stop and pull it out or contact the council immediately. The pretty ...

Honeybees are becoming reliant on the invasive Himalayan Balsam flower for their survival due to the decline in native British wildflowers, researchers discovered. The British countryside's changing ...

Even if you love Himalayan balsam, it has surely become too much of a good thing as it takes over Britain's wetlands and riverbanks. But now it's facing a major setback - the deliberate introduction ...

UK homeowners are being urged to check their gardens for a potentially harmful weed following days of heavy rain and floods.

THE hot humid weather may be a bit wearing for some of us but one plant, the Himalayan balsam, seems to have thrived and has grown in many areas with alarming vigour. Himalayan balsam is the tall, ...

A three-year study led by Dr James Hardwick, a Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences, ...