Mosquitoes are the deadly, but wiping them out could disrupt ecosystems in unpredictable ways. While only a few species ...

The loss of a dominant species in a community could have major impacts on ecosystem functioning ... terrestrial energy sources in boreal lake food webs. Ecological network research has typically ...

We hadn't seen this cute critter in almost two centuries and believed it was extinct, until a lone baby randomly showed up.

Lake ecosystems can receive high inputs of terrestrial organic matter (t-OM) that microbes make available to higher trophic level consumers. A research group examined terrestrial reliance of 19 ...

The Everglades' eclectic alligators are surprisingly diverse builders, bodyguards, commuters, and health-bringing engineers.

By Seth Millstein for Sentient Climate. Broadcast version by Isobel Charle for Washington News Service reporting for the ...

Lake ecosystems can receive high inputs of terrestrial organic matter (t-OM) that microbes make available to higher trophic ...

As illegal mining alters the riverbeds and drains life from these once-thriving arteries, the need for sustainable management becomes urgent. To preserve rivers as living, life-giving entities, we ...

Industrial fishing removes large amounts of nutrients like carbon and phosphorus. This disrupts marine food webs.

Biodiversity offers us innumerable benefits but it faces threats from a range of anthropogenic activities. How can ...

Reports, Čačković et al., “Selective heterotopic bacteria can selfishly process polysaccharides in freshwater lakes.” (25)00186-X ...

The new series follows two ambitious river restoration projects in California and Paris Our Changing Planet is an ambitious natural history series exploring the issues facing the planet’s most ...