Salvinia molesta can double its biomass in 36 hours. It spreads across ponds, lakes and slow-moving waterways in a smothering ...

Take a walk in the Catalina Mountains this month and you’ll likely see plants similar to those you might have seen if you could have wandered through a mountain forest 100 million years ago. They are ...

A genome study explains why the invasive water fern Salvinia molesta spreads so fast, offering new hope for its control.

"When the plant tries to undergo meiosis, those differences prevent proper chromosome pairing." ...

Farran Powell is the managing editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She was previously the assistant managing editor of investing at U.S. News & World Report. Her work has appeared in numerous ...