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 ...

World Hippo Day serves as a reminder of their importance in the ecosystem and the need for their protection. For centuries, ...

Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

The Rapids’ contribution to Colorado Water Trust will help fund initiatives such as increasing water flow to river segments, supporting aquatic ecosystems, and ensuring sustainable access for Colorado ...

Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, is home to more than 20 million people and has been in the news many times due to ...

The agreement on Eel River diversions and future river restoration will begin to redress past injustices against Eel River ...

In an effort to minimize the deadly risks to grizzly bears living along a 206-mile stretch of railroad tracks spanning ...

SPRINGFIELD — A revamped exhibit at the Springfield Science Museum begins with an eastern box turtle as a greeter, a colony ...

"Telling this story through something visual that beautifies a community is a great way to educate Toledo residents and reconnect them to nature in the place they call home." ...

Peat bogs sequester a huge amount of carbon dioxide. But as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, they're under threat.

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 ...

Beavers have saved the Czech government and its citizens $1.2 million, by flooding an area, where a dam was planned.