Articles about doing a PhD tend to focus on the difficulties faced by research students: here we argue that the scientific community should also highlight the positive elements of the PhD experience.

Invasive alien species (IAS) are rising rapidly across the European Union, fuelled by global travel, trade and climate change. Funded by the European Union,

Prof David Richardson’s career in invasion science started when he studied forestry as an undergraduate student at Stellenbosch University (SU) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Whereas most of his p...

Women play an important role in marine science and according to a recent UN report they make up 38% of ocean science researchers. This Research Topic (RT) ai...

As for previous years, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has again released its annual list of the top-ten marine species described by researchers during the past year to coincide with Worl...

In honour of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Pensoft Publishers celebrates the remarkable contributions of women in our journals’ editorial teams.

Scientific Reports - Identifying South African marine protected areas at risk from marine heatwaves and cold-spells

Peer review has been the cornerstone of scientific inquiry for centuries and is considered the backbone of scientific quality and rigour (Spier, 2002). Des

Climate change is associated with an increase in heatwave events, extended periods of unusually high temperatures compared to seasonal or local averages. Marine invertebrates may be particularly vulne...

The open-access journal NeoBiota has published its milestone 100th issue, celebrating more than fourteen years of advancing research in invasion science.

Climate change has increased the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme thermal events. Our understanding of how marine heatwaves (MHWs) and marine cold spells (MCSs) affect coastal species ...

UN gathering boosts hopes for sealing deal to protect open ocean, Conservation International expert says.

Invasive species (IS) pose a global threat to biodiversity and human wellbeing. Managing this complex problem at the large scales required—across biomes, jurisdictions and land tenures—is challenging,...

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets out ambitious global targets to reduce biodiversity loss by 2030 and will determine the conservation agenda for the next decade. Invasive ...

Between the 15th and 19th June, the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2025) will take place in Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia, with the promise to become the large...

Scientific Data - Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS)

safeguarding island havens. new research. management stories. policy updates.

Biological invasions alter ecosystems by disrupting ecological processes that can degrade biodiversity, harm human health, and cause massive economic burdens. Existing frameworks to classify the ecolo...