Ecology

Riverside Nature Center is a 2-acre property that packs in over 200 species of wildflowers, grasses, and ferns, 140 species of trees, and a Monarch Waystation for butterflies to stopover on their way from Canada to Mexico.

Embryos of one of the world's most unusual amphibians become art in the eyes of a biologist and wildlife photographer.

Scientists, residents, and visitors have banded together for a massive biodiversity survey of British Columbia's Galiano Island.

The country’s karst terrain is fertile ground for massive caves, and a new-found hype for adventure. 

The adorable appearance highlights an unexpected ally in conservation.

Each spring, more than one million alewives navigate to the fresh water of Damariscotta Lake—with a little help

High in the branches of the Pacific Northwest, entire ecosystems know nothing of the ground below.

Georgina Mace helped change the way both scientists and policymakers see living things, including the most vulnerable.

Conservationists hope to protect the Mexican long-nosed bat by working with ranchers and other locals to preserve the plant it needs.

More room to roam for the islands' unique fauna.

An incident with a slingshot led scientists to a greater understanding of the relationship between the insects and their host trees.

Conservationists are teaming up with fossil experts to help the bivalves—and the state's oyster economy—survive.

When ice goes, lichens and mosses move in and an entirely new ecosystem starts to take shape.

It is a key part of local culture, and looks like it was colored with a crayon.

Ecologists are finding unexpected changes in the delicate ecosystems below Lava Beds National Monument.