Two decades ago ecologist Ilka C. Feller heard about a plant advancing at an unprecedented rate into a coastal restoration site near Merritt Island on Florida’s Atlantic coast, midway between Miami ...

A Windsor resident is accused of illegally removing mangroves and polluting water in the Indian River Lagoon. Unauthorized mangrove removal can result in fines and jail time. Permits are required to ...

Mangrove ecosystems rank among the most efficient "blue carbon" systems on Earth, capable of absorbing and storing vast quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2). However, mangroves also release ...

The pods were everywhere. Thousands of mangrove propagules, or germinated seeds, had washed up along shorelines in Corpus Christi, Texas. Biologists were puzzled. They knew these bean-shaped pods ...

Mangroves are rich and biodiverse coastal ecosystems that flood and emerge with the tides. Now villagers are burning these trees to better their lives. Oliver S. / Alamy This article is from Hakai ...

Mangrove trees -- valuable coastal ecosystems found in Florida and other warm climates - won't survive sea-level rise by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions aren't reduced, according to a new study.