Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Kiel have provided experimental evidence ...

From tropical rainforests to coral reefs, some of Earth’s most diverse ecosystems are also the most stable. This staggering diversity stands in opposition to ecological theory, which for decades has ...

Climate change and other human-driven (anthropogenic) environmental changes will continue to cause biodiversity loss in the coming decades (Sala et al. 2000), in addition to the high rates of species ...

Plants do not stay silent. New research shows how plant diversity changes smell based communication across ecosystems.

A new perspective published in Biological Diversity links plant functional traits to ecological resilience, offering a more precise way to forecast how ecosystems will respond to climate change.

A study conducted by researchers from Murdoch University in Australia and Dalian Ocean University in China has found that offshore windfarms can improve marine ecosystems and diversify aquatic food ...

A new study finds that early human species adapted to mosaic landscapes and diverse food resources, which would have increased our ancestor's resilience to past shifts in climate. A new study ...

A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment lays the foundation for pursuing structural diversity as a new research direction in ecology. The issue, funded by the National ...

Ebony Welborn and Savannah Smith guide Alison through the tidepools of Puget Sound. Ebony Welborn and Savannah Smith met at an environmental nonprofit, discovering their shared passion for marine ...

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...