In a sweeping announcement, Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Lee Zeldin last week proclaimed that the federal ...

Wetlands, such as bogs and marshes, have largely disappeared in the Netherlands. With humidification and the growth of the ...

These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

Often conjuring images of dank, smelly, mosquito-infested wastelands, upon closer look, wetlands are actually biologically diverse and productive ecosystems. Home to a variety of plant life ...

But they still have a lot of work to do. In restored wetlands, wocus plants often need to be reintroduced. A process for growing these plants from seed was only recently developed, along with some ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and ...

In the wetland, nitrogen and phosphorus are removed from the surface water and transferred to the sediment, wetland plants or atmosphere. Some agricultural pesticides used in the Midwest can also be ...

While poison sumac likes to grow in wetlands, most other sumacs prefer drier areas with well-drained soils. Poison ivy and poison oak are two other commonly known poisonous plants that can cause a ...

The reason is because not only are wetlands home to all kinds of rare plants, birds and animals, they also help to tackle climate change. They soak and store up a lot of water which stops nearby ...