CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Volunteers have proved essential every step of the way along the years-long journey to restore the Ashleyville area marsh, most recently helping harvest spartina grass that ...

Herbivores, not herbicides, may be the most effective way to combat the spread of Phragmites australis, one of the most invasive plants now threatening East Coast salt marshes. A new study finds ...

Weighing the benefits versus the destruction that follows seagrass wrack into the marsh. In the summer, seagrasses slough off old shoots and grow new ones. The sloughed off grass is pushed into salt ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MENTOR, OH – To look at the lush landscape ...

An exotic marsh grass is spreading throughout San Francisco Bay more rapidly than anticipated, threatening native plants and birds and prompting an urgent search for ways to eradicate it. Spartina ...

It wasn’t an assignment for those afraid to get their feet wet. On Wednesday morning, volunteers wearing bright green t-shirts waded into the waters on Galveston Island to plant marsh grass. As the ...

When oil from an offshore spill rolls ashore, it wreaks havoc on any salt marsh in its path, smothering its grasses and the multitude of creatures living there. “It’s like throwing a big, toxic ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A well-used waterway and marsh in the West Ashley neighborhood is undergoing restoration efforts after years of storm and other damage. The Old Town Creek, which runs through ...

Marsh grass shrimp (Palaemonetes vulgaris) are impressively fast and nimble swimmers, as anyone who has seen them zipping about tide pools at the beach can attest. Nils Tack, a postdoctoral researcher ...