While on a recent trip, I was reminded of the importance of wetlands to wildlife diversity. Wetlands are usually classified according to their physical location, dominant vegetation, and major water ...

They feed us, protect us from storms, shape our culture, and quietly support our economy—yet they are disappearing faster than almost any other ecosystem on Earth.

Fears of flash flooding are growing across the nation with increasingly heavy downpours of rain. Threats increase when "the earth’s kidneys," or wetlands, are destroyed. Our water quality is ...

Louisiana’s swamps support a wide range of native wildlife and plant life that many visitors have never encountered ...

CARVER, Massachusetts — About this time of the year, Jarrod Rhodes should be checking on the vines of cranberries that have grown on his bog for decades in southeastern Massachusetts. Instead, he is ...

Since our city's western border is the wetlands, the developers and the city came up with wetland-related names for many of the streets in that area. To help better understand our city geography and ...

As I stepped out of my car, legs and back stiff from the 2-hour drive from Bend, I was met with a cacophony of birdsongs radiating from the trees and bushes at Wood River Wetlands near Chiloquin. I ...

In many parts of rural Zimbabwe, wetlands are the thin green lines that keep entire communities alive. They store water, regulate floods, recharge rivers, and provide fertile soils for food production ...