A recently published study in the journal BioScience reveals that endangered longleaf pine ecosystems—among North America's ...

There are quite a few things that pose a threat to the ecosystem, and deforestation might be one of the worst offenders. Here ...

The Global Ecosystems Atlas is a tool that aims to serve as an open-source repository for data on all the ecosystems in the world. Developed by the intergovernmental initiative Group on Earth ...

The ecosystem at the center of it all. Every day, new research sheds light on just how critical the gut microbiome is. It is now understood by scientists to function like an “axis ...

Nearly all members of an ecosystem ultimately get their energy from plants, no matter if they’re herbivores or carnivores. It’s just a matter of how directly that energy gets to you.

At the ecosystem level, the total growth of all plant species is termed primary production, and — as we'll see in this article — communities composed of different numbers and combinations of ...

An ecosystem is a particular environment where plant and animal species interact. As humans, we all play a role in our ecosystems — and as Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton explores in “Human ...

Tipping points are the death of ecosystems. So scientists watch as warning signs gradually worsen until an ecosystem reaches ...