An international research team led by National Taiwan University has developed a new analytical framework based on Empirical ...

From tropical rainforests to coral reefs, some of Earth’s most diverse ecosystems are also the most stable. This staggering diversity stands in opposition to ecological theory, which for decades has ...

For millions of years, a variety of large herbivores, or megafauna, influenced terrestrial ecosystems. Among many others, these included elephants in Europe, giant wombats in Australia, and ground ...

Current federal policy shifts, which are forcing significant funding cuts and other changes to innovation programs, are creating challenges for local ecosystem builders. But ecosystem building is ...

"Plant diversity has a direct impact on the co-evolution of species, the stability of ecosystems, and nature conservation. The loss of biodiversity can disrupt visible interactions between species and ...

Alongside climate change, biodiversity loss caused by human activity is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time. A study conducted at the Research Center for Ecological Change, ...

Like the heat waves on land we have all grown familiar with, marine heat waves are being amplified by climate change. These extreme warm water events have ushered in some of the most catastrophic ...