A Belgium-based company wants to harvest water hyacinths, the bane of south Louisiana boaters, to create fibers for products ranging from insulation to cat litter. Water hyacinths are invasive ...

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 ...

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 ...

A video shared on Sunday by a content creator has brought renewed attention to a long-standing environmental issue affecting ...

What you need to know: Fishermen count losses as vegetation spreads across Lake Kyoga. Floating vegetation on Lake Kyoga, a mixture of papyrus and water hyacinth, has continued to multiply over time, ...

Water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) is a free-floating freshwater perennial that is native to South America. It was introduced into the U.S. as an ornamental, but then escaped. It can form thick ...

BHUBANESWAR: For generations, water hyacinth has been a perennial menace for the fishers communities along Chilika lake. The weed had been gradually choking long stretches of the lagoon, disrupting ...

Right now there is a box-shaped, metal thing sliding along the surface of Lake Okeechobee. It’s called a boat, but it resembles an aluminum scooper that doesn’t look like it should float. It moves ...

(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 ...