An international team of researchers with a variety of backgrounds has worked together to calculate a global estimate of the abundance of commercially important fish and invertebrates supported by ...

A volcanic eruption triggered a sediment flow that preserved a mangrove forest around what is now Barro Colorado Island, providing a better glimpse of the vegetation that existed in a highly changing ...

By Elizabeth Schell The world’s mangrove forests, critical coastal ecosystems feared to be on the brink of collapse, are ...

The intrinsic value of mangroves and their related coastal ecosystems is getting more recognition than ever before, while actions to conserve and restore our planet’s coastal wetlands are gaining in ...

Mangrove forests protect tropical coasts from storms, store large amounts of carbon and provide vital habitats for plants and animals, serving, for example, as nurseries for fish and crabs. They also ...

Mangrove forests can protect waterfront homes from storm surges and, as this new study found, big price dips when the homes are sold in the wake of major hurricanes. (Source: Getty Images) An ...