The Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa was established 94 years ago to protect the last 11 elephants in the Eastern ...

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study shows that -- after more than two decades -- biodiversity growth has stalled in restored Danish wetlands.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced on Tuesday new regulations to protect freshwater wetlands across the state. The changes ...

The state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act, which lawmakers amended in April 2022 and set the changes to take effect Jan. 1, ...

Zoom in: Federal, state and local authorities broke ground last week on the River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp Project, which will bring freshwater, sediment and nutrients back to Louisiana ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has scheduled at least two upcoming webinars to explain the state’s new freshwater wetlands regulations that took effect Jan. 1. The DEC previously ...

State Sen. George Borrello only got 10 minutes to question the state’s agriculture and environmental conservation commissioners. The impact of the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act on Chautauqua County ...

Constructed wetlands do a good job in their early years of capturing carbon in the environment that contributes to climate change -- but that ability does diminish with time as the wetlands mature, a ...

Human activities are altering and accelerating the rate of change, threatening our wetlands’ continued existence.

One of Watsonville’s most treasured natural resources is its plethora of wetlands. Its slough system is home to some of the ...

The hottest, freshest wetlands—those with 0.5% salt or less, and an average daily maximum temperature of at least 78° Fahrenheit—emitted the most methane. Freshwater wetlands that were cooler ...

In addition to marsh and swamp habitats. Nico said the fish survives well in ponds, canals, roadside ditches and rice fields — "just about any freshwater habitat with a few inches of water." ...