Bio-cities of the future will allow human-made environments to blend with natural ecosystems using biomaterials, and sustainable design techniques.

These organisms’ mixed strategy—both consuming food around them like an animal and producing their own energy like a plant—makes them more efficient in such lean times.

The multifarious relationships between ants and their associated organisms form one of the most intricate ecological networks in terrestrial ecosystems. Ants are not only formidable social insects ...

As the largest living organism by mass, it provides an essential ecosystem for a variety of plant species and wildlife, including deer, foxes, birds, and pollinators.

There are so many fish in the ocean that if you took them out, important habitats and food sources for many creatures would be lost.