While residents enjoy Michigan's Great Lakes, invasive species may be, too. During Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

One-quarter of freshwater animals are now threatened with extinction, and population declines in fresh waters outpace those ...

Georgia’s new wildlife plan brings together habitat restoration, native planting and online tools to guide conservation across the state.

Yes, mosquitoes are considered animals. They belong to the class insecta, within the phylum Arthropoda. Mosquitoes are known ...

The diverse, growing nature of the cumulative threats facing fresh water requires an equally diversified approach to tackling the problem.

The Green Swamp Preserve in Brunswick County, North Carolina, is a biodiversity hotspot featuring diverse plant and animal life. The preserve is home to 14 carnivorous plant species and rare ...

As the market for floatovoltaics explodes, scientists are studying how to make the systems also work for waterbirds and other ...

Plants have external zeitgebers for their seasonal rhythm. When leaves sprout and fall is largely regulated by temperature ...

Not much attention is paid to plankton because these creatures are usually hidden from sight. They are mostly microscopic in ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according ...