An invasive water plant is spreading from shore to shore across the Rio Grande -- spanning from Mexico to the United States, and clogging U.S. canals that supply water to South Texas towns. Border ...

South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from the United States in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia minima, an alien species of aquatic plant native to South America that is ...

The towns of San Pablo and San Pedro at the Strait of Tiquina in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, are shown on November 26, 2022. The lake's water levels last week fell below the drought warning stage.

Item 1 of 5 View of boats stuck in a sea with invasive green water hyacinth weed at the Hartbeespoort dam, informally known as "Harties", a small resort town in the North West Province of South ...

Water hyacinth originates in the Amazon Basin in South America, as does water lettuce. Because these aquatic plant invaders are not indigenous to SA, they have an impact on the environment itself.

Native to South America, water hyacinth forms dense mats that can double in size in 6-18 days, according to the University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, which called it "the ...