like plants and animals;which rely on nonliving – or abiotic – things, like the sun and the weather,to survive and thrive. There are lots of different ecosystems on Earth:including desert ...

The amount and form of carbon present in different ecosystem pools — such as plants, animals, air, soil, and water — is controlled by organisms, and ultimately affects their ecological success.

At the ecosystem level ... For example, two animal predators may consume different prey items, so they are less likely to compete with one another, allowing higher total biomass of predators ...

videoThe wildlife and ecosystem of tropical rainforests Exploring the plants and animals living in the different layers of the tropical rainforest biome. Wildlife adaptations of the Mediterranean ...

The discovery sheds new light on the relationship between the seafloor and underground ecosystems, the researchers said. It suggests that larvae from the animals on the seafloor may settle into ...

Ecologists study these relationships among organisms and habitats of many different sizes ... Some non-native species (plants, animals, microbes, and fungi not originally from a given area) threaten ...