Wetlands – Page 2

Eight Thousand Years of Bog Bodies Reveal a Grim Burial Tradition

The first comprehensive survey of a 7,000-year-old burial tradition reveals an often violent final ritual.

French Police Guard Water as Seasonal Drought Intensifies

New reservoirs designed to supply French farms with water in increasingly arid growing seasons have attracted opposition from environmentalists.

The World’s Peatlands Are Climate Bombs Waiting to Detonate

They face threats around the world and must be protected.

It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off.

The ‘highly skilled environmental engineers’ can help to store precious water and rejuvenate land ravaged by climate change. Just don’t dynamite their homes.

Death Valley’s Invasive Donkeys Have Become Cat Food

Feral burros wreck wetlands in the desert national park. But a study found that when mountain lions prey on them, the donkeys may help some terrain thrive.