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 ...

Conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) has been considered a cornerstone of species coexistence in highly diverse ...

Scientists assessing the level of diversity among bee species necessary for sustaining populations of wild plants have concluded that ecosystems rely on many bee species to flourish, not just a few ...

Wetland ecosystems play a crucial role in the global nitrogen cycle, helping to reduce nitrogen pollution. While plant ...

Honey bees are big business. As the primary pollinators for roughly a third of all US crop production, they are worth at least $15 billion a year to the US economy. Wild bees contribute to US ...

To test if a single gene could affect an entire ecosystem, a research team conducted a lab experiment with a plant and its associated ecosystem of insects. They found that plants with a mutation at a ...

With a plane crisscrossing the sky and researchers working on land and sea, the Surface Biology and Geology High-Frequency Time Series campaign (SHIFT) combines the ability of airborne science ...

An astounding variety of ecosystems exist practically in your own backyard! An expert shares the most wonderful ways to explore nature at the Forest Preserves of Cook County. Fun fact: Those 70,000 ...