Besides inland natural springs, a popular destination for the docile aquatic mammals is the warm-water outflows of about a dozen power plants around ... on which the animals depend. “The center of ...

Researchers assessed the status of 23,496 species of freshwater animals in groups including fishes ... "The particular value of this study is that it shows us which river basins, lakes, et cetera, are ...

Plants and animals need health lands and waters to live on the Colorado Plateau. Here's what we're doing to help beaver, ...

It applied to the Doe, French Broad, Nolichucky, Pigeon and Watauga river watersheds and all other affected waterways. “We want to reassure Tennesseans of the water quality in the region ...

These two groups can be split into many smaller ones. Plants that make seeds are either flowering plants or conifer trees. Plants that don't make seeds are either ferns or mosses. feed grow ...

On a recent walk down to the river, I discovered an area of freshly ... field and forest are bustling with plant and animal life. In this region, winter is the time to see the yellow-bellied ...

The Columbia River Basin grew from roughly 1.8 to 7.2 million people from 1930 to 2000. 24 It is predicted to reach approximately 10 million by 2030. 25 Dams in the basin have provided jobs ...

Many Animals and Plants Are Losing Their Genetic Diversity, Making Them More Vulnerable WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity ...

Many plants respond to grazing by increasing their production of secondary chemical compounds that play a deterrent role. Stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) from heavily grazed habitats are found to ...

A single, invasive plant species can change the structure and composition of an entire ecosystem, as is the case in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where the introduced tree Myrica faya is assuming ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to environmental changes, according to research published Wednesday.