Mangroves, typical of tropical and subtropical latitudes, have become veritable natural traps for land- and sea-based waste.

Mangroves protect coasts and wildlife, but plastic waste now builds up inside roots, harming ecosystems and communities.

The condo towers of downtown Sarasota recede into the distance, as our motorboat tracks northward atop a shimmering Sarasota Bay. Soon, mangroves come into focus. If you've been out on the Gulf coast, ...

Mangroves, once axed for development, are expanding across Florida due to climate change. Will Floridians learn to live with the iconic coastal tree? David Rahahę-tih Webb’s aquarium was more than ...

Qi’ao Island’s transformation from a fishing community to a tourism destination shows how successful environmental ...

They are the salt-tolerant shrubs that thrive in the toughest of conditions, but according to new UniSA research, mangroves are also avid coastal protectors, capable of surviving in heavy metal ...

Groups walk through Chara mangrove forest in Tana Delta. Kenya has nine mangrove species out of the 80 scattered across the world. [Caroline Chebet, Standard] Cruising through the tidal inlets and ...

MOMBASA, Kenya — Dressed in protective clothing and armed with a smoker, Peter Nyongesa walked through the mangroves to monitor his beehives along the Indian Ocean coastline. The 69-year-old Nyongesa ...

Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems, with trees whose roots stretch down into brackish water, are at risk of collapse. That's according to the first assessment from the International Union for ...

Nearly every sunny windowsill at New River Middle School is occupied by a reused jar filled with a handful of pebbles, an inch or two of water and a few slender, brown, pen-like tubes.