In 2001, Denmark began restoring 19 km of the straightened River Skjern by turning it into 26 km of winding river. Researchers later found that some of the habitats lost during decades of river engine...
Govinda recalls being in tremendous pain after mother Nirmala Devi’s death and entering Narmada River in grief: ‘ I thought I would go a little farther into the river and that I would meet my mo...
After decades of environmental decline, Florida’s Indian River Lagoon is beginning to show signs of recovery. With funding from NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation, the Indian R...
German biologist and recreational fisherman Roland Lorkowsky released thousands of juvenile Wels catfish into Spain’s Ebro River in 1974. His goal was simple and positive: to create a world-clas...
Tropical forests have been heavily degraded because of human activities. (Representational photo) Planting trees across vast areas may not be the only way to restore damaged tropical forests, accordin...
A wind farm is usually thought of as a place where moving air is turned into electricity. Yet the flow does not simply continue on its way once it has passed through the turbines. It changes, rises an...
These otters are not part of the study. (Image Credit: Harry Collins Photography/Shutterstock) Wildlife researchers checking the shores of Abbotts Lagoon on California’s Point Reyes peninsula found 73...
The breeding grounds of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher stretch across thousands of kilometres of rivers and streams in the American Southwest, yet much of its habitat has long been difficult to as...
For much of its history, the San Joaquin River carried cold mountain water through California’s Central Valley, supporting forests, farms and some of the southernmost populations of Chinook salmon in ...
Deepest man-made lakes in the United States were not created by nature but by engineering on an enormous scale. Before these reservoirs existed, many were steep river valleys and rugged canyons carved...