Healthy habitat—like wetlands, rivers, and coral reefs—provides important areas for fish to eat and reproduce. But habitat has been destroyed by coastal development, pollution, extreme weather, and ...

When natural habitats are cleared to make way for cities, roads and agriculture, this often leaves behind "islands" of fragmented habitat that can place species at risk of extinction. Species are at ...

Five independent reviewers have found that NOAA Fisheries' “Nearshore Calculator” is based on the best available science. Our scientists developed the tool to assess the value of salmon habitat in ...

Water running off busy roads in California carries the pollutant 6PPD-quinone at levels that could harm two endangered fish species.

Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky. Birds chirp, and tall grasses blow in the breeze. This isn't a scene from a pristine nature preserve or ...

Researchers call on the international community to recognize and start tackling the 'biodiversity leak'. Some efforts to preserve or rewild natural habitats are shifting harmful land use to other ...

Figure 1. Stable channel-riparian interactions in Clifton Gorge, Ohio, as evident by the deposition of cobble bars and vegetated boulders in the center of the channel. This section deals with the ...