Sea otters are keystone species in kelp forests. Kelp forests rely on the top-down pressure sea otters exert via predation on ...

Imagine a world where wolves roam forests again, rivers meander freely, and the haunting call of wild cranes echoes across ...

A new butterfly species, Satyrium curiosolus, was discovered in a recent study at Blakiston Fan in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. It has unique evolutionary history, having likely remained in ...

Doug Tallamy is an entomologist, author and arguably the father of the modern native plants movement. His decades-long ...

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more ...

This balance allows for greater biodiversity and healthier ecosystems. Although typically associated with larger animals, the Eastern Indigo Snake can be considered a keystone species because its ...

A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in Tanzania. Scientists have named the canopy-piercing tree Tessmannia princeps ...

Dr. Juliette Tariel-Adam from the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University led a project tracking tool use in multiple species of wrasses—a colorful reef fish. The study logs fish ...

The Florida panther, native to southwest Florida and a keystone species in its ecosystem, has been critically endangered since 1973. The species is listed as endangered under the Endangered ...

Nearly a third of fungi species assessed by international conservation ... Dahlberg “Forestry practices should consider fungi, for example leaving dead wood and scattered trees, and proactive ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing to discuss several proposed bills, including one that could undermine the Endangered Species Act—a bedrock ...