More than 40 percent of a sample of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds that are restricted to mangrove ecosystems are globally threatened with extinction, according to an assessment published in ...

This year’s Mangrove Photography Awards put the beauty, strength and vulnerability of the world’s mangrove ecosystems into clear focus. From courting crocodiles under the sparkling Milky Way to ...

With the help of technology, humans can traverse virtually every part of our planet’s surface. But animals and plants are less mobile. Most species can only live in zones where temperature and rain ...

Follow Diego Arauz Chaves, an ecotourism guide in Costa Rica, as he takes filmmakers on his boat into the mangroves to get up close to a Capuchin troop he knows intimately. These capuchins represent ...

Mangroves may not be the first thing you picture when you think 'forest', but they're both incredible, unique ecosystems and serve as a kind of structural and water-quality coastguard. And while ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Nicolás Younes Cárdenas, Postdoctoral research fellow ...

Home to 2,100 plant species and 2,200 animal species, the Indian River Lagoon features thriving ecosystems that benefit the environment as a whole. From its mangrove population to varied species of ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Texas bird watchers have a renewed sense of hope after a bird species that hadn’t been seen in Galveston in four decades made a surprising return last week. The mangrove cuckoo made ...

July 26 is International Mangrove Day, dedicated to the unique forests that survive at the interface of land, river and sea. Mangroves protect coastlines from storm surges, filter out pollutants, and ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Texas bird watchers have a renewed sense of hope after a bird species that hadn’t been seen in Galveston in four decades made a surprising return last week. The mangrove cuckoo made ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Texas bird watchers have a renewed sense of hope after a bird species that hadn’t been seen in Galveston in four decades made a surprising return last week. The mangrove cuckoo made ...