Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' ...

Ondiri swamp is a shadow of its former after years of degradation. The World Wetlands Day is celebrated annually on February 2 to mark the day of the adoption of the Ramsar Convection. The convention ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world—they are its architects. A new study led by Professor Gemma Harvey from ...

The health of wetlands is crucial to the survival of life on Earth. Beyond water, climate regulation, biodiversity, and food, what other essential roles do they play? The expert speakers are Nishantha ...

This week, see what makes loggerhead sea turtles “dance,” track a cosmic “ghost particle,” uncover an ancient basilica, and more.

Though they cover only around 6 per cent of the Earth’s land surface, 40 per cent of all plant and animal species live or breed in wetlands. Wetland biodiversity matters for our health ...

Researchers from Beijing Normal University have analyzed how China's land system may change in 2100 under a 1.5°C global ...

Rivers, marshes, bogs, mangroves, mudflats, ponds, swamps, billabongs, lagoons, lakes, and floodplains are among the types of ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has revealed that wildlife collectively expend a ...

Elks forage in the tidal flat wetland of Dafeng ELKS Deer National Nature Reserve in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China.

To find the answer, the team first created a seed list of 76 destinations, then analyzed each based on their "safety, ...