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Species numbers alone do not fully capture how ecosystems are changing. In a global study, scientists analyzed long-term data ...

New study advocates the use of more than one million declassified images for ecology and conservation. The images can offer better insights into the historical changes of ecosystems, species ...

Sea urchins climb onto kelp when their densities are so high they remove all drift kelp and then actively forage on attached, living kelp. (Credit: Steve Lonhart / NOAA MBNMS) Tipping points are the ...

A large forest clearcut from the 1960s in the vicinity of a one-hectare forest research plot in the Southern Black Forest Region. Although much of the area is forested today, historical harvests have ...