Microbial ecosystems such as biological wastewater treatment plants and the human gastrointestinal tract are home to a vast diversity of bacterial species. Scientists have now succeeded for the first ...

Many gardeners know the key role milkweed (Asclepias) plays in bringing back declining numbers of monarch butterflies. But other species of Lepidoptera, other butterflies and moths need help, too.

Learn about gopher tortoises, a keystone species found in South Carolina’s sandhills. Discover the vital role of gopher tortoises, a keystone species in the sandhills ecosystem, and why they have one ...

Wild and semi-wild plants are factual resources for a local community when they satisfy its needs. According to the bio-cultural approach, these plants and associated knowledge help define the ...

Ecologists have long understood that the diversity of an ecosystem is at the heart of its stability. A groundbreaking discovery in the 1960s took it a step further and changed the way scientists ...

What if I told you that this one simple trick could lead Arizona to more water, better grazing conditions and healthier, more diverse wildlife? There is ample research that gray wolves are a keystone ...

Some species play an outsize role in the environment they inhabit. Beavers build dams that create ponds where fish thrive. Otters in kelp forests eat enough sea urchins so that the kelp can grow ...

Florida is home to plenty of species that need no introduction: alligators, crocodiles, panthers, or manatees. However, a ...

Abstract: Plant communities are shaped by bottom‐up processes such as competition for nutrients and top‐down processes such as herbivory. Although much theoretical work has studied how herbivores can ...