LA FERIA, Texas (Border Report) — An invasive water plant is spreading across the Rio Grande from Mexico to the United States, clogging U.S. canals that supply water to South Texas towns. It’s called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world’s most widespread ...

NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) — For someone who fishes for a living, nothing says a bad day like spending over 18 hours on a lake and taking home nothing. Recently, a group of fishermen were said to be ...

Water hyacinth is a highly invasive aquatic plant that poses significant challenges to water systems worldwide, impeding navigation, reducing oxygen transfer, and threatening native biodiversity. Yet, ...

Water hyacinth on River Kagera at the Rusumo Hydroelectric Power Plant located on the border between Rwanda and Tanzania. [Chebet Birir, Standard] Water hyacinth is a fast-growing aquatic plant known ...

NEW ORLEANS — There are floating islands of vegetation in the middle of Lake Pontchartrain just off the Causeway Bridge. In some areas, you can spot them as far as the eye can see. “I think it’s just ...

The plant was first sighted on Kenya's popular Lake Naivasha about 10 years ago. Now, it has become a large, glossy mat that can cover swathes of the lake. To fishermen, the invasive plant is a threat ...

(CNN) — Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world’s most widespread invasive species, is blanketing the lake, choking its fish and ...

NAIVASHA, Kenya — For someone who fishes for a living, nothing says a bad day like spending over 18 hours on a lake and taking home nothing. Recently, a group of fishermen were said to be stranded on ...