Multiple new studies highlight both the vulnerability and resilience of ecosystems worldwide. Research links ancient megafauna extinctions to lasting disruptions in food webs, warns that over a third ...

Plant species can fulfill different functions within an ecosystem, even if they are closely related to each other. This surprising conclusion was reached by a global analysis of around 1.7 million ...

A global study shows that the effects of extreme drought -- which is expected to increase in frequency with climate change -- has been greatly underestimated for grasslands and shrublands. The ...

Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out of the region, a new study finds. By the 1930s, gray wolves were nearly gone in Oregon and the rest of the ...

A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal approval to move forward — if it can secure a slice of the federal bankroll.

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who have already used the vast troves of geolocation data from vessel-tracking systems to pinpoint where whales and other large marine animals ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The combined effects of humanity’s actions are making ecosystems less resistant to change, and threatening the vital ecosystem services humanity ...

A new review study examines the current research regarding the risks that various geoengineering approaches pose to marine ecosystems. The study looked particularly at a range of marine carbon dioxide ...

Corey Tarwater, an associate professor, and Patrick Kelley, a research scientist, both in UW’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, recently received a four-year Strategic Environmental Research and ...

Fish, a gar and a catfish, both native to the Mississippi River swim in an aquarium at the Mississippi River Museum in Tunica, Mississippi on Feb, 7, 2025. Credit: Karen Pulfer Focht / Tennessee ...