Two decades ago ecologist Ilka C. Feller heard about a plant advancing at an unprecedented rate into a coastal restoration site near Merritt Island on Florida’s Atlantic coast, midway between Miami ...

Mangroves are rich and biodiverse coastal ecosystems that flood and emerge with the tides. Now villagers are burning these trees to better their lives. Oliver S. / Alamy This article is from Hakai ...

One of Acapulco’s lagoons has experienced the near-complete loss of its mangroves due to urbanization and hurricanes. Another Acapulco lagoon has also lost portions of its mangroves, affecting the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Around the world, mangrove forests have undergone a decades-long decline that is just now slowing to a halt. In Pakistan, by contrast, mangroves ...