“In addition to the flood risk reduction, which is obviously hugely important for residents, this project has helped revitalize this narrow creek ecosystem in a heavily urbanized area,” said ...

A lucky group of scientists were able to explore a never-before-seen part of the Antarctic after an ice shelf broke, revealing newly exposed seafloor and a previously inaccessible ecosystem ...

The development, called Hill Farm II, raised concerns about traffic and potential impact on the Big Darby Creek ecosystem. The council approved an amendment restricting traffic on a nearby road ...

The Willow Creek watershed project will restore wetlands and watercourses in the Homalco First Nation’s territory to reduce flooding and other climate disaster risks, but also boost cultural ...

The latest finding at depths as great as 1,300m below the sea surface offers fresh insights into how ecosystems function beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice sheet. Until now ...

A giant phantom jelly is documented in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica, at an area where the shelf break and slope are cut by several underwater gullies. This jellyfish can grow to a massive ...

If the message is powerful enough, the impact can ripple out across an ecosystem. In 2007, biologists named these potent molecules after a popular concept in ecology. “Keystone species,” such as ...

They focused on a group of organisms that form the very basis of Arctic coastal ecosystems -- brown macroalgae, known as kelps, which form dense and extensive underwater forests along rocky ...