All animals and plants are important to their environment, but are some more important than others? Every ecosystem consists ...

Along with nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, iron is essential for the growth of microscopic phytoplankton in the ocean ...

An analysis of 900 species over a 20-year period showed that biodiversity enhances ecosystem stability and helps safeguard natural communities in a changing environment.

Scientists and park managers once thought giant sequoia forests nearly impervious to stressors like wildfire, drought and pests. Yet, even very large trees are proving vulnerable, particularly when ...

The Asian needle ant, present in the U.S. since the 1930s, is now spreading into Texas, raising concerns about its impact on ...

Alongside climate change, biodiversity loss caused by human activity is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time. A study conducted at the Research Center for Ecological Change, ...

The research review analyzed more than 160 research papers focused on specific aspects of glacial retreat to reveal the big picture: global impact on biodiversity and ecosystem function showing ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District and city of San Marcos officials led a ribbon-cutting ceremony at ...