But while bog ecosystems provide habitat, filter water, and store carbon, they have been disappearing for decades. In Illinois alone, more than 90 percent of wetlands have been lost. There are about ...

The coypu has become a true nightmare for European ecosystems. This exotic, harmless-looking animal has rapidly invaded many ...

Larger tracts of land are critical to conservation efforts, and adding to large, already protected parcels achieves many ...

Rivers, marshes, bogs, mangroves, mudflats, ponds, swamps, billabongs, lagoons, lakes, and floodplains are among the types of ...

Researchers took a deep dive to understand why certain locations are more susceptible and attractive to invasions by non-native plants or animals, making them prime targets for these species to spread ...

The Mediterranean Basin, recognized as one of the top 36 "biodiversity mega-hotspots" globally, faces heightened risk from non-native plant invasions ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

For two days every February, teams of outdoorsmen armed with 12-gauge shotguns scour the delta in flat-bottom mud boats and ...

Even in Los Angeles, a city dissected by highways and freeways and with busy ports and train lines, there are still places ...

Ecosystem engineers are plants or animals that create, modify or maintain habitats. As Joshua Larsen, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham, explains, beavers are a perfect example of ...

For the first time in a half century, tidal flows of seawater are now pouring into an area known as "Pond 15," a crucial step toward wetland restoration in the area.

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study shows that -- after more than two decades -- biodiversity growth has stalled in restored Danish wetlands.