An ecosystem is a group of animals, plants and microorganisms that live together. The group of each type of living thing is called a community, and the place that they live is called a habitat.

Over half of the world’s ecosystem types have not been mapped. And so, the other side of the coin is to actually to close that gap and to put unmapped ecosystems on the map so that we could ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and ...

All over the world, ecosystems are threatened. From forests and drylands to farmlands and lakes, natural spaces on which humanity’s existence depends are reaching a tipping point. According to ...