Most ecologists once believed that healthy ecosystems are naturally stable, with a low turnover of species. Left to ...

Many of the most damaging invasions do not simply subtract species; they fundamentally remodel the environment, altering habitats, rewiring interactions, and shifting processes in ways that species ...

Intact ecosystems have the capacity for self-regulation, which keeps their complex structure of species—such as animals, ...

Ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. It's a broad field, spanning biology, engineering, policy, and environmental management. There are numerous ecology ...

What is ecology? The word “ecology” was proposed by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel in 1866. It means the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. The word “ecology” comes ...

In light of these pressing global ecological challenges, there is a compelling need to develop ecological theories and applied technologies for understanding, managing, and conserving macroecological ...

For decades, ecologists have known that how a species looks or eats affects its environment. But a new study by researchers ...

Western mosquitofish, pictured here, are known as the "plague minnow" due to their aggressive impact on native habitats when introduced. For decades, ecologists have known that how a species looks or ...

If you want to find Peter Vitousek in his lab, the first thing you have to do is go to Hawaii. After that, it gets tricky, because Vitousek’s lab isn’t in the state–it is the state. The Stanford ...

I am a master’s student in the Department of Entomology at University of Maryland where I study urban tree ecology. For my research I look at the health of street trees in Baltimore City and the ...