Mangrove ecosystems provide homes for animals like birds, crabs, and fish.Many fish spend part of their life cycle in mangroves, says Dan Friess, professor at Tulane University in New Orleans and ...

Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse as a result of human activity, rising sea levels and extreme weather, according to the latest survey by an international ...

Mangroves play a crucial role in the ecosystem thanks to the dizzying array of plants, animals and birds they feed, house and protect. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu.

More than half the world’s mangroves are at risk of collapse by 2050 in the face of sea level rise and worsening coastal storms, the first assessment of its kind has found.

As Aymen al-Rubaye plants mangrove seedlings in the sprawling tidal flats of southern Iraq, the black smoke rising over the skyline behind him shows the ecological damage that he is toiling to undo.

Red mangroves are called "walking trees" because of how their red roots extend into the water. Black mangrove roots are distinct dark, woody, fingerlike projections that grow vertically from the sand.

Mangroves in Northern Australia Vicki Smith via Getty Images In the summer of 2015, some 18,000 acres of lush mangrove forest turned brown and perished in northern Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria.