Healthy ecosystems depend on more than just having lots of species—they rely on the complex relationships between plants, prey and predators, according to new international research led by the ...

As climate change, habitat loss, invasive species and overexploitation continue reshaping ecosystems worldwide, scientists ask: What makes ecosystems resilient ...

The retreat of the planet's glaciers is one of the most visible and dramatic indicators of the far-reaching impact of climate change on the world's ecosystems. Now, a new paper published in Nature ...

The metabolic theory of ecology and the role of body size in marine and freshwater ecosystems / James H. Brown, Andrew P. Allen and James F. Gillooly -- Body size and suspension feeding / Stuart ...

Algae is a ubiquitous feature in waterways throughout the globe, including western North America. Slippery, green epilithic algae is a familiar sight on river rocks. Toxic blue-green ...