Decomposers are crucial for keeping Earth habitable, breaking down dead biomass and returning key nutrients, such as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, to the ecosystem. Most decomposers, including ...

Organizers want the July 4 fireworks in the nation’s capital to break the world record. But the fun will also come with air pollution and possibly headaches for pet owners and zoo keepers. By Quinn ...

Food webs are ecological networks of consumption interactions, including the relationships between different trophic levels such as primary producers, herbivores, predators and decomposers. Key areas ...

We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like aeroplanes or human hearts ...

An ecosystem is a group of animals, plants and microorganisms that live together in one place. All of the individuals of one species in an ecosystem is called a population, and lots of populations of ...

Part of Science Living things and their habitats Year 4 If an ecosystem loses one type of plant or one type of animal this can have a big effect on how the rest of the ecosystem functions. Fran: An ...

What is the state of estuarine ecosystem restoration? Many estuaries show no significant ecological improvement despite many years of extensive restoration and conservation efforts. Increasing human ...

What could be the most brutal way for an insect to die? Being struck out of the air by a predator? Snatched in a split second by a reptile’s tongue? Or something far more disturbing, where the body ...