Aquatic water chestnuts – not to be confused with the ones used for cooking –can quickly cover water surfaces and block ...

An invasive aquatic plant that crowds out native species and impacts boating and fishing has been found in the St. Lawrence River near Ogdensburg. The invasive water chestnut forms dense mats of ...

Water chestnut, known scientifically as Trapa natans, has been known for a long time as an ingredient in local cuisines, but now its nutritional value has been seriously considered by researchers with ...

Taylor West, Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance project manager, holds up a water chestnut plant pulled from the Chadakoin River. Submitted photos The presence of the water chestnut is ...

Describing the action of non-native invasive plants in the environment can sound like the stuff of a science fiction movie plot. The aliens land here from far away foreign lands and soon take over ...

Employees from Western New York Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management have found water chestnuts in the Chautauqua Lake Outlet. The group was surveying areas where water chestnut had ...

A photo of water chestnut trapa bispinosa, a now invasive species potentially linked to Canada geese traversing northern Virginia. (Courtesy, USGS/Dept. of the Interior) Efforts are ramping up to root ...

COLONIE — Kayakers will now be able to launch their boats on the Mohawk River from the town’s Mohawk River Park. The town said late last month it had successfully removed the water chestnuts that had ...

A new study across Kashmir’s four water bodies finds water chestnut fruits carrying cadmium levels 5.5 times above safe ...