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The pet fish have 'bottomless appetites' and will wreak havoc on local watersheds.

Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia's First Landing State Park are treated to a mesmerizing rainbow light show courtesy of the park's bald cypress swamp.

Nestled in the Uinta Mountains of northern Utah, a series of pristine lakes are facing a new threat—humans. Geography professor and chair Katrina Moser led a team of researchers in the region this summer to better understand how human activity, like agriculture and warming temperatures because of climate change, is leading to dramatic changes in a water system far from populous areas.

NOAA scientists are collaborating with some unique partners to learn more about how several Chesapeake Bay species use natural and restored areas near Poplar Island, on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Members of the Kalispel Tribe in Washington have become some of the country's foremost forest caretakers, ministering to the health of lands broken by settlers and industry.

A tougher hopper is emerging to outsmart its #1 killer.

A vast burn scar unfolds in drone footage of a landscape seared by massive wildfires north of Lake Tahoe. But amid the expanses of torched trees and gray soil, an unburnt island of lush green emerges.

The cold temperatures and snow are prompting homeowners to put salt down on driveways and sidewalks. Consider the effects the salt can have on plants.

Restored floodplains like Dos Rios are fighting both flooding and drought. But their fate rests with California's powerful farmers.

TAMPA — A sinkhole recently opened under a wastewater treatment pond at Busch Gardens, dumping an estimated 2.5 million gallons of treated wastewater into...

A pond at a wildlife refuge in Maui has turned bright pink, drawing curious onlookers to catch a glimpse of the otherworldly sight and prompting warnings from federal wildlife officials to keep a s…

Permafrost and ice wedges have built up over millennia in the Arctic. When they thaw, they destabilize the surrounding landscape. Michael Robinson Chavez/The...

Aquatic biota essentially served as self-cleaning "constructed wetlands."

Your necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life

Planting native flora could help prevent the island's next wildfire and reconnect Mauians to their cultural heritage.

New research recently published in Oikos shows that predators play a unique and important role in ecosystems by creating "ecological hotspots"—localized areas important for plants and animals.

Wildlife authorities have detected avian botulism at California's resurgent Tulare Lake, raising concerns about potential die-offs during fall bird migrations.

Frogs are finally getting their due — and their own week of celebration — thanks to the efforts of an Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate student. "Most tend to fear frogs and other creatures around them; frog week helps break this and bring attention to what is in our backyard,"

Anglers are benefiting from nature's generosity thanks to the high water flows in Sierra Nevada rivers, but caution is advised because of numerous drownings.

Formerly "adjacent" wetlands in more than half of all states may be dredged or filled now that their federal protections have been stripped