it seeks to understand the vital connections between plants and animals and the world around them. Ecology also provides information about the benefits of ecosystems and how we can use Earth’s ...

Earth is a uniquely fire planet ... and traditional summaries of fire’s ecology point instead to fire’s effects on plants, animals, soil, air, water, and so on. These effects operate on ...

Plants play a key role in regulating Earth’s climate, but recent research suggests that rising temperatures could disrupt this balance, because plants are leaking more water than previously thought.

Since the 1750s, at least 571 species of plants have gone extinct in the wild, according to a global survey recently published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. More than eight plant species have ...

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

The doctoral (PhD) degree program in Ecology, Evolution and Earth Systems (EEES) at Drexel University is a multidisciplinary program that emphasizes collaboration with other departments at the ...