The natural world is a finely-tuned balance of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components that shape our environments. Various biotic factors directly affect processes like population growth, ...

A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...

How To Restore An Ecosystem With Insects . When an island's ecosystem is unhealthy, check your field guide to see whether it ...

Josh Hartwig is the host of Discover Nature and a media specialist for the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Mao Zedong's Great Sparrow Campaign aimed to eliminate pests but led to ecological imbalance and a catastrophic famine.

Esplora Interactive Science Centre recently marked the conclusion of the PALEOSIM research project with a special event ...

Finally, I should remind you that the ecosystem applies to your home island ship as well. You'll need to have a certain number of trees, flora types, decomposers, animals, and insects for your home ...

magnitude and type of moisture events in arid ecosystems, litter decomposition rates may be altered and constrained by the composition of existing decomposer communities. We provide the first ...