How can these four pictures be images of the same region? What force could possibly transform the Pantanal – a tropical wetland straddling Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, full of jaguars, howler monkeys ...

A proposed federal rule could dramatically reduce the number of wetlands in Louisiana that qualify for protection under the Clean Water Act, a move that could expose millions of acres to development.

Louis Kusi Frimpong receives funding from African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics (APDD) through the Individual Research Fellowship (IRF). Seth Asare Okyere and Stephen Leonard Mensah do not ...

Wetlands are vital ecological resources that provide several benefits in urban and peri-urban areas. They slow down flood waters, and act as a source of fishing and farming livelihoods. They also ...

LOS ANGELES — To many locals, the Los Angeles River — hugged by concrete embankments and heavy vehicle traffic — hardly seems like a river at all. The waterway bisecting the city was converted to a ...

ST. CHARLES COUNTY — The newest park here is poised to be a 785-acre swath of wetlands among farmland south of the Mississippi River, giving the public access to what was an old private duck hunting ...

EATON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- Excavation is nearly complete on Lorain County’s Gerber-Becket Stream and Wetland Restoration project, designed to reduce neighborhood flooding, improve water quality flowing ...

Wetlands act as nature’s kidneys: They trap sediments, absorb excess nutrients and turn pollutants into less harmful substances. Now, the list of pollutants wetland plants can remove includes per- and ...

The nonpartisan group that backs state and tribal wetland programs has been forced to reduce staffing and move out of its headquarters. EPA has ended its partnership with a national nonprofit that ...

Illinois once harbored more than 8 million acres of wetlands. By the 1980s, all but 1.2 million wetland acres had been lost, filled in for development or drained to make way for agriculture. A ...

This UNESCO World Heritage Site is more than a safari by the sea, it’s a living example of how conservation, community, and marine life can thrive together. BySarah Kingdom, Contributor. Forbes ...