From the driest deserts to the lushest forests, ecosystems are networks of life where organisms and the environment interact. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how plants function ...

Dying coral reefs, rainforests transforming into savannas, grasslands turning into deserts – these are ecosystem “tipping points”, boundary lines we’re desperate not to cross. In dynamic systems ...

An unscientific bias against “feral” or “invasive” animals threatens to undercut one of the great stabilizing trends making ecosystems healthier, a new paper argues. Introduced species such as feral ...

Conservationists can be quite conservative. It is right there in the name, after all. They like things the way they used to be, in a better past, real or imagined. Their thinking can be slow to change ...

• The “charismatic connector” model has a flaw. Ecosystems that depend on one person have a single point of failure, and often burn out their best organizers. • Succession planning isn’t just ...

In the fight against climate change, nature is not a passive victim — it is one of our most powerful and cost-effective allies.” As climate change accelerates, it’s been observed that governments ...