While wetlands are increasingly being recognized as important ecosystems, draining them for development is a practice that still continues today. In the U.S. alone about 80,000 acres of wetland ...

Swamps — more correctly known as wetlands — are an incredibly important global ecosystem. So today, on World Wetlands Day, let's show them some love.

Wetlands are critical to people and nature, given the intrinsic value of these ecosystems, and their benefits and services, including their environmental, climate, ecological, social, economic ...

Wetlands store water, act as a carbon sink, and are a source of food. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands says they do more for humanity than all other terrestrial ecosystems - and yet they are ...

What was once a sewage lagoon in Amherstburg, Ont., is now a vibrant wetland ecosystem. The town celebrated the transformation of the former Edgewater sanitary lagoon system-turned-wetland with a ...