JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her the next morning in the ...

"UNESCO is sounding the alarm: the Puerto Barú port risks irreversible harm to Coiba National Park and one of the most important mangrove ecosystems on the planet. In the climate emergency we are ...

Feb. 25 (UPI) --Mangrove forests with a greater variety of plant and animal species store more carbon than more biologically homogenous mangrove forests, according to a new study. The new research, ...

KETI BANDAR, Pakistan — Wildlife ranger Mohammad Jamali boats through mangrove forests of the Indus River Delta, the terminus of a curly waterway that begins thousands of miles upstream in the ...

Mozambique has become the latest addition to the growing list of countries in Africa with large scale mangrove initiatives. MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — In a bid to protect coastal communities from climate ...

At the end of the Baja Peninsula between the states of Sinaloa and Nayarit lies the Marismas Nacionales,or National Marshes, the largest intact mangrove forest on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. On July 26, celebrated as the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, we present recent stories by Mongabay’s journalists ...

In the Bocas del Toro mangrove forests, in Panama’s Caribbean coast, an unexpected phenomenon may be helping stressed out corals cope with climate change. Credit: Jorge Alemán Leila Nilipour Heather ...

Researchers investigate an ancient coastal ecosystem found more than 120 miles from the nearest ocean, revealing sea level impacts from the last interglacial period Deep in the heart of the Yucatan ...

Sula E Vanderplank is an adjunct professor at San Diego State University. This story originally published in The Conversation. The San Pedro River winds from rainforests in Guatemala through the ...

The glossy leaves and branching roots of mangroves are downright eye-catching, and now a study finds that the moon plays a special role in the vigor of these trees. Mangroves are coastal trees that ...

MOMBASA, Kenya — In a bid to protect coastal communities from climate change and encourage investment, African nations are increasingly turning to mangrove restoration projects, with Mozambique ...