Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The value of wetlands on the landscape cannot be overstated — they store and filter water, provide wildlife habitat, cool the ...

Sandy Lowndes, a grain farmer near Kelvington, Sask., says her land has been illegally drained onto for decades. She describes a domino effect, with drainage from properties higher up the creek ...

Swamps have a long reputation for danger, and much of it is well-founded. Beyond the thick vegetation and heavy humidity, these wetlands store massive amounts of carbon, release methane gas, support ...

WASHINGTON - D.C. officials have announced a settlement after accusing a developer of violating multiple environmental laws and drying out precious protected wetlands, and now, that company is pushing ...

Throughout the Mississippi River watershed, wetlands store floodwater, improve drinking water quality and serve as homes for millions of birds and other animals. But this special ecosystem is facing ...

For years, the Prairie Pothole Region has bothered me in a very specific way. On a map, it looks like a normal landscape: ...

The value of wetlands on the landscape cannot be overstated—they store and filter water, provide wildlife habitat, cool the atmosphere and sequester carbon. Yet, in the farmland area of Canada's ...

Kerri Finlay receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, Canada Research Chair (CRC) program, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the ...