Human enterprise is increasingly affecting biodiversity beyond outright species losses, causing changes in ecosystem functions and the services they deliver to human beings. However, few tools are ...

Invasive species are reshaping ecosystems and local people's relationship with nature in the tropics, a study led by Danish ...

Healthy ecosystems are the foundation for sound economies, sustaining and enhancing human life with services ranging from food and fuel to clean air and water. As such, ecology has an important role ...

Another year is in the books. 2020 will forever stand out as a year that brought many unexpected challenges and opportunities to the forefront of our consciousness. Collectively, we have all been ...

Our natural world is composed of a variety of ecosystems. Examples include forests, oceans, wetlands, prairies, scrub, deserts and lakes. Each manifests a combination of factors that influence what ...

“Ecosystem” and “ecosystem building” have been hot terms in the world of entrepreneurial development lately. As cities begin to realize that fostering entrepreneurship is a great economic tool for ...

A food web is a detailed interconnecting diagram that shows the overall food relationships between organisms in a particular environment. The simplest explanation is that food webs are "who eats whom" ...