Antoine achieved this record in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya, where he planted thousands of mangrove trees within 24 hours.

The glossy leaves and branching roots of mangroves are downright eye-catching, and now a study finds that the moon plays a special role in the vigor of these trees. Mangroves are coastal trees that ...

KETI BANDAR, Pakistan — Wildlife ranger Mohammad Jamali boats through mangrove forests of the Indus River Delta, the terminus of a curly waterway that begins thousands of miles upstream in the ...

PUDUCHERRY: Nestled in the backwaters of the coastal village of Pudukuppam, where the Chunnambar River flows into the Bay of Bengal, is a force of well-cared-fo ...

The need to preserve mangroves and the ecosystem services they sustain, while also providing for the social and economic needs of the people who depend on them, is one of coastal conservation’s ...

A decade after illegal fishing was curtailed, Ligao's coastal waters are thriving again. Fish stocks have surged, coral reefs ...

Dark green mangrove forests grow along shores from Indonesia to South Florida, with roots tangling out of the water. Scientists have continuously marveled at their myriad abilities: to survive in ...

But the activity, deeply rooted in local culture and which has enabled generations of women to make a living, is now under threat as mangrove forests deteriorate under pressure from human expansion.

In Kenya’s coastal region, an initiative reportedly saw 47,460 mangrove trees planted within just 24 hours. This was done by ...

Mangrove forests are a common sight in some tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world like Indonesia, Florida in the US, parts of Brazil and Australia. They can also be found on African coasts, ...

Extensive mangrove forests provide protection from coastal flooding along the Yucatan coast of Mexico. (Photo by M. Beck) Mangrove seedlings ready for transplanting to a nearby restoration site in ...

But India has nearly 5,000 square kilometres of mangrove cover spread across its entire coastline, and the overwhelming ...