Researcher have published a large-scale study examining the genetic diversity of mangroves over more than 1,800 miles of coastline in the Western Indian Ocean, including Eastern Africa and several ...

Humans rely on metaphors to guide a shared understanding of our complex world, and in a novel twist, a faculty member in the ...

The researchers found that compact “scrub” mangroves, dominated by Rhizophora mangle, kept absorbing about 294 grams of ...

This mangrove forest expansion also led to a loss in mangrove diversity, showing that mangrove expansion doesn’t always mean the conservation of mangrove diversity. Mangrove forests provide a ...

Mangrove forests with greater species diversity can store more carbon, according to new research published in the British Ecological Society journal Functional Ecology. Researchers studying ...

“The winners show such diversity of life in our mangrove forests around the world, and the difference between areas that are strictly protected, and places that aren’t.

The low functional diversity of invertebrates inhabiting mangrove forests indicates that these ecosystems are among the most vulnerable on the planet, according to a study. Mangroves have dwindled ...

Mangrove leaf slugs, which grow up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) long, use the chloroplasts they ingest to power themselves, enabling them to survive without food for two to three months.

CHENNAI: In one of the biggest campaigns aimed at fortifying Tamil Nadu’s largest mangrove region, the state forest department has restored and planted mangroves across 2,057 hectares in the Muthupet ...