In any ecosystem there exists multiple interdependent relationships, niches, and environmental pressures. In all ecosystems there are food chains that convert energy from simple to increasingly ...

As you and your family and friends settle in for the winter holidays, it is a great time to consider all the gifts we get from nature and the environment and how they keep us healthy and happy.

Healthy ecosystems depend on more than just having lots of species—they rely on the complex relationships between plants, prey and predators, according to new international research led by the ...

Across the world, rainforests are becoming savanna or farmland, savanna is drying out and turning into desert, and icy tundra is thawing. Indeed, scientific studies have now recorded “regime shifts” ...

The 2023–2024 California Current Ecosystem Status Report shows an abundance of forage fish and a productive system fueled by upwelling. The California Current ecosystem is a vital ocean system ...

A new rapid communication tool takes a significant step toward ecosystem-based management of sustainable seafood. NOAA Fisheries is committed to ecosystem-based management as our most powerful tool to ...

The state of an ecological system can often be judged by its biodiversity and health. Biodiversity can be viewed in terms of both the number of species present in an ecological system and the extent ...