The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in California is home to a population of more than 100 sea otters. See for yourself! Visit Elkhorn Slough's real-time Otter Cam. Estuaries — ...

Brazilian researchers have analyzed the mechanisms by which estuarine plants absorb iron, and used their findings to recommend a promising phytoremediation technique for the rehabilitation of water ...

The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of 30 estuarine areas established across the nation for long-term research, education, and coastal stewardship. The reserves are a ...

As the ease of transporting organisms around the globe has increased, so have the rates of intentional and accidental introduction of aquatic nuisance species (ANS). These ANS introductions often have ...

A 3.5km stretch of sea wall along the Essex coast was deliberately breached in five places in October 2002. This allowed ...

As sea otters recolonize a California estuary, they are restoring its degraded geology by keeping populations of overgrazing marsh crabs in check, a new study shows. The crabs' appetite for plant ...

Estuaries are thriving but delicate ecosystems for a rich assortment of plants and animals Estuaries are thriving but delicate ecosystems for a rich assortment of plants and animals, providing ...

Most of the West Coast’s estuary habitat has vanished, according to a new study, the most thorough of its kind. The mapping project found that, today, less than 15% of historic estuaries remain along ...

Rivers up and down the north coast of New South Wales have been hammered again, just three years after devastating floods hit the Northern Rivers and Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley. The events of 2022 ...