Professor Harvey explains: "This research shows that the role of animals in shaping Earth's landscapes is much more significant than previously recognised. From beavers creating wetlands to ants ...

ST. PETERSBURG ― The tram was halted as a small, slithery black snake scurried across the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve trail. “I’ve been out here for the last year, pretty much every week,” Nancy Norton, ...

Starting Jan. 1, rules went into effect that significantly expand New York state’s jurisdiction over freshwater wetlands with the aim of protecting a million additional acres of wetland habitats.

Obeying an under-the-radar executive order, the Army Corps of Engineers has expedited every permit asking for destruction of wetlands throughout the United States, including a strip that runs unbroken ...

Southland's regional council has failed to meet its duties to monitor and protect wetlands, the High Court has ruled, in a landmark court case.

In recent days, the US Army Corps of Engineers created a new designation of “emergency” permits for infrastructure projects, citing a Day One executive order signed by Donald Trump which claims the US ...

If he fails to comply, he will be fined another $75,000. Contractor faces hefty fines for illegal development on protected ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world -- they are its architects. A new study has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from vast termite mounds visible ...

Later this year, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is expected to adopt the Resilient Environments and ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' ...