Whether it is a single rock being overturned or an entire mountaintop being removed, humans play a continuous role in environmental processes, and vice versa. Ecological scientists will discuss ...

The natural ecosystem is facing difficult times, with wildfires devastating the Los Angeles area. But the human ecosystem isn’t doing so well either, with surveys continuing to show high levels of ...

Human ecology education is a transformative program that focuses on the interplay between humans and our human ecosystem. It is an interdisciplinary educational field that combines physical and psycho ...

All organisms in an ecosystem are interconnected, and any imbalance in this complex relationship can have irreversible consequences for both humans and nonhumans. Numerous examples illustrate how the ...

Most ecologists once believed that healthy ecosystems are naturally stable, with a low turnover of species. Left to themselves, they reach a perfected equilibrium that the influential 19th-century ...

Ecosystem services might be more vulnerable to extinction than previously thought, new study finds Humans rely on nature extensively for everything from food production to coastal protection, but ...