MUSCAT, JULY 27In a new environmental achievement, the Sultanate of Oman has received official accreditation from the Ramsar ...

Vanishing wetlands a danger to world economies – report Wetlands, which sustain life across the planet, are disappearing faster than any other ecosystem ...

Wetlands and Southwest Florida’s prosperity are braided together, with clear economic consequences when they vanish, says Professor Win Everham, a Florida Gulf Coast University ecologist.

The West’s vital wetlands are in trouble — but states are working to safeguard them.

Commentary: From tourism to storm damage mitigation, wetlands boost New York's economy. Businesses must stand up for their protection.

Local departments are monitoring fire conditions to protect nearby structures, and state and federal agencies are focusing on the brush fire.

Louisiana’s new wetlands law redraws what land gets protected, raising concerns over pollution, flooding, and gaps in oversight under Senate Bill 94.

Traditional cost-benefit analyses treat wetland restoration as a one-off expense with fixed returns. New research shows this misses long-term climate and biodiversity benefits.

A federal judge in Iowa dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday that threatened millions of acres of wetlands, ecosystems that mitigate flooding, reduce water pollution and support biodiversity. While the ...

California officials sent water flowing to create new wetlands along the shores of the shrinking Salton Sea. The project is intended to control dust and provide habitat for birds.

A Long Beach oil field will soon be restored to roughly 156 acres of public wetlands. City leaders and oil operators came together Thursday at the groundbreaking ceremony on the Synergy Oil Field ...

As a result of the ruling, according to analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Counci l, 41% of Iowa wetlands are at risk under the best-case scenario for how new federal rules will take shape.