Invasive alien species are lurking at India's national parks. These pretty plants are deadly threat to tigers

Forest department workers with invasive species, Lantana Camara, at Corbett | Credit: Rajat Rastogi

Invasive alien species are lurking at India’s national parks. These pretty plants are deadly threat to tigers

At Kanha Tiger Reserve, ‘Lantana camara’ & ‘Pogostemon benghalensis’ are causing ‘significant decline in richness of native plants’, affecting herbivores and, potentially, top predators.