Beneath the icy silence of Antarctica's famous Dry Valleys lies a world so unusual that it often resembles another planet.

What's the Bonin Islands? / Kazuto Kawakami -- Impacts of invasive alien species on native ecosystems on the Bonin Islands / Naoki Kachi -- The cause of mollusk decline on the Ogasawara Islands / ...

Invasive alien species (IAS) have transformed the biological composition, functioning and services of Mediterranean marine ecosystems. Introduced via shipping vectors (ballast water, hull fouling), ...

Bizarre Frankenstein shorelines made of floating plastic have triggered an unusual transformation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, spawning a new ecosystem. Marine scientists have discovered that ...