Ecosystems

Researchers hauled bins of fish carcasses through bear country to learn how salmon affects plants and pollinators.

The surprising discovery reveals how much we don't know about the deep ocean and its residents.

The cause is just as concerning as the color.

Researchers exploring the country's threatened coastal habitats discovered 'staggering' biodiversity.

Bigger than the Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall, and the Pyramids of Giza combined, the region's ubiquitous stone walls are also a unique ecological habitat.

A deep dive into "the Venice of Africa," a waterway-filled village in Benin.

Along the Pacific Coast, fast and furious sunflower sea stars are vicious hunters as adults—and they're even hungrier when young.

Colombia's paleontologists uncover rich fossil deposits that could change what we know about ancient oceans.

The mini-paratroopers have a new role to play today.

When vessels such as the WWII tanker E.M. Clark sink, they begin a second life as habitat for a diverse ecosystem.

In 2021, the Dixie Fire burned much of the park. Now, Lassen's recovery offers surprising lessons on resilience.

A red velvet worm, jeweled corpse flower, and other rare species were found while retracing the route of the bloody 1911-12 Abor Expedition.

Around the Caribbean island nation, local cetaceans have some unique traits, including doubling down on defecation.

A mysterious sinkhole in Arizona has a strange world at its sandy bottom.

An environmental microbiologist explains why an individual's death is a new lease on life for an entire ecosystem.