Researchers compiled a dataset of 209 crustacean and 155 mollusk species from 16 mangrove forests around the world. They found that mangroves, when compared with other ecosystems, are among those with ...

Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems, with trees whose roots stretch down into brackish water, are at risk of collapse. That's according to the first assessment from the International Union for ...

As we know from living on the Suncoast, mangroves are all around us. They grow along almost every coastline, provide habitat for fish and other wildlife, protect our homes from destructive storms and ...

Carlos G. García-Quijano has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Sea Grant. Hilda Lloréns has received funding from the ...

The glossy leaves and branching roots of mangroves are downright eye-catching, and now a study finds that the moon plays a special role in the vigor of these trees. Mangroves are coastal trees that ...

Researchers from the Yale School of the Environment recently published a paper in the Global Change Biology on mangrove forest resilience to natural disasters such as hurricanes. Mangroves are a type ...

Jean Wiener, executive director of the Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine, at a mangrove restoration in Caracol, northern Haiti. Conservationists in Haiti are helping to restore ...

A roseate spoonbill searches or food at a mangrove key on Florida Bay at Everglades National Park, Fla. A city ordinance could ban the planting of more mangroves in Miami parks. As sea rise and ...

Bordered by the sea on two sides and exposed to typhoons and rising sea levels, Vietnam’s Ca Mau province is among the most vulnerable regions of a country expected to face some of the worst future ...