Rarely, a vine. A troop of fiddler crabs guarding holes in the mud. A big mangrove crab low on a trunk. Some insects. A tricolored heron perched on the stilt of a mangrove root. I leaned over the ...

When Stefan Teodorescu’s aunt returned from a trip to the Pacific islands, one memory stuck with her: she described for ...

Since insects are cold-blooded, they are unable to adjust to changes in temperature, which puts them at special risk during extreme weather events.

For instance, according to a Nature Conservancy report in 2017, mangroves helped Collier County reduce annual flood risk by ...