Aside from humans, perhaps no other species can modify its surroundings for its own purposes as much as beaver. Throughout much of North America, these busy critters take down trees and dam streams to ...

Section I. History and definitions of ecosystem engineering -- 1. On the purpose, meaning, and usage of the physical ecosystem engineering concept -- 2. A historical perspective on ecosystem ...

Biogenic reefs are naturally occurring structures formed by the collaborative activity of living organisms. These assemblages – often constructed by invertebrates such as polychaete worms – establish ...

FOR WESH TWO NEWS AT NOON. OKAY, LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE ENGINEERS OF THE ECOSYSTEM. WE’RE TALKING HERE ABOUT CORAL REEFS. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA IS AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE ...

The two years Princeton senior Joe Kawalec spent studying the natural camouflage of the ubiquitous downy woodpecker oddly enough began and ended the same way — tracing the outlines of birds. In ...

Ecosystem engineers physically modify their environment, thereby altering habitats for other organisms. Increasingly, “engineers” are recognized as an important focus for conservation and ecological ...

The Earth has innumerable creatures in the jungles, oceans, skies, and under the mud, some of them might even yet be unknown ...

Most animals move through their habitats focused on survival rather than construction. They eat, dig, travel, and reproduce ...

Building a quantum future means thinking like a systems engineer — considering all potential parts of the field and the ecosystem and integrating them efficiently. That’s what the chief quantum ...

These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close ...