When native plants thrive, the entire ecosystem thrives, too. What to know about native plants, and how they are crucial to our ecosystems first appeared on The Cool Down.

Image: Biome range shift in Izta-Popo, Mexico. Credit Armando Vega. As climate change redistributes terrestrial ecosystems across the globe, the world’s natural capital is expected to decrease, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas is home to a diverse range of oak species, and each has unique characteristics. They provide an environmental benefit, making them “super trees.” This is because they do a good ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -The Miller moths arrive in the higher elevations in late spring, bringing benefits to the local ecosystem. Shiran Herschcovich, Senior Lepidopterist Manager at Butterfly ...

Many visitors may have noticed some changes to the Nature Area earlier this spring. Some of you may have thought, “What have they done now?” as you hiked through the charred and blackened remains of ...

Coastal wetlands provide important functions for estuaries, including reducing pollutants, providing habitat for plants and animals, and offering protection from storms and flooding events. In the ...

A new study highlights the sustainable, cultural and ecosystem benefits of offshore removal or decomposition of whale remains. The study tracked the remains of a humpback whale that was intercepted ...

This view of Iztaccíhuatl–Popocatépetl National Park in Mexico represents a biome range shift. (Armando Vega, CC 4.0) As climate change redistributes terrestrial ecosystems across the globe, the world ...