**Day 1 Pond Build:** The start of the pond construction project to create an aquatic ecosystem. **Day 2 Pond Build:** ...

Increasingly severe and numerous wildfires are changing the face of land across the globe, but new research by UC San Diego and others reveals that aquatic ecosystems are also being transformed, the ...

In a recent paper published in Biological Conservation, iDiv researchers suggest that given amphibians' ability to act as "canaries in the coal mine" for aquatic environments, they should be ...

In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, climate warming has led to an increase in the number and severity of destructive wildfires. Climate change projections indicate that environmental ...

Increasingly severe and numerous wildfires are changing the face of land across the globe, but new research by UC San Diego and others reveals that aquatic ecosystems are also being transformed, the ...

Last week, wildfires blazed across western Canada, turning the town of Jasper, located near Alberta’s Jasper National Park, into ashes. The local government estimated that the fire damaged or ...

As B.C. is hit by an atmospheric river, biologists warn there could be serious impacts on wildlife.

(Beyond Pesticides, May 6, 2025) A study in Ecology Letters finds “severe degradation of ecosystem functioning in the form of loss of organic matter consumption and dramatic shifts in primary ...

Highly stable and easily diffused through wind or ocean currents, microplastics have quickly become ubiquitous in nature, as a consequence of multiple anthropogenic activities. Their accumulations in ...

Myxozoan parasites represent a highly diverse group of microscopic organisms that have evolved from free‐living cnidarians into specialised endoparasites. These organisms possess distinct ...

Turtles are often unfairly maligned as fish killers that ruin the ecosystems of our ponds, rivers, and streams. The facts are that many turtles are omnivores and consume large amounts of aquatic ...

A series of wildfire experiments conducted at UC San Diego carry implications for aquatic ecosystems in areas such as the Sierra Nevada mountains. In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, ...