From high on a promontory in the Korannaberg Mountains, a mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) peers down to the west ...

Climate change doesn’t always reduce life, some ecosystems may stay productive or even grow as conditions become more ...

Uncover the critical effects of habitat loss on biodiversity. This in-depth analysis provides insights into the consequences for species and ecosystems alike.

Transport systems are essential to economic development, trade, and social connectivity, but they also generate substantial environmental pressures through ...

Wildfires, storms, and bark beetles have a major impact on forests and the benefits they provide for people and the environment. For the first time, a large international team led by researchers at ...

Jan Zwilling Wissenschaftskommunikation Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. How stable are ecosystems? And how can stability be described and ...

Ecosystem resilience is the capacity of an ecological system to absorb disturbances, reorganize, and retain its essential structure, functions, feedbacks, and identity within a particular stability ...

ATLANTA — Birds Georgia has been awarded two Bill Terrell Avian Conservation Grants from the Georgia Ornithological Society to protect coastal habitats and threatened bird species. The funding will ...

A term commonly used in the management of fish and wildlife is carrying capacity. An entry level college biology class might define this as, “The maximum stable population of a species an ecosystem ...

The ostensibly barren Mojave Desert is in fact teeming with plants and animals, including a rare species known as the threecorner milkvetch. It’s a member of the pea family, splaying across the ground ...

ABSTRACT: We examined the responses of extremophilic microalgal communities to environmental disturbance. Salt flat microbial mats are halophilic communities that thrive in extreme environments ...