Beavers are semi-aquatic mammals, widely renowned for their remarkable abilities in building dams and lodges made of branches ...

Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

Some of the trees along the Boise Greenbelt at the southeast end of the city are wrapped at their bases with chicken wire. These are not Christmas trees, and this ornamentation, strung by the city of ...

FOR WESH TWO NEWS AT NOON. OKAY, LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE ENGINEERS OF THE ECOSYSTEM. WE’RE TALKING HERE ABOUT CORAL REEFS. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA IS AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE ...

Stacker compiled a list of 10 animals from diverse environments, outlining how each helps sustain its ecosystem. - Wildan Al Gifari // Shutterstock Stacker compiled a list of 10 animals from diverse ...

Beyond tall cliffs and Whidbey’s southernmost beach lies a 90-acre underwater forest wrapping around almost the entirety of Possession Point. Rows and rows of bull kelp filter the morning light ...

The Earth has innumerable creatures in the jungles, oceans, skies, and under the mud, some of them might even yet be unknown to science. Many among these organisms also perform some hidden work that ...

An unscientific bias against “feral” or “invasive” animals threatens to undercut one of the great stabilizing trends making ecosystems healthier, a new paper argues. Introduced species such as feral ...

A close-up of a colorful hornbill. You might be surprised to learn just how much of our world is shaped by animals doing unremarkable things like scratching, digging, eating, and pooping. Especially ...