“The ministry chose to plant mangrove trees because their intertwined roots are like women who constantly help one another, ...

A researcher on Colón Island of Panama was searching for crustaceans among the coastal mangrove forests when he saw a section of mangroves in varying stages of decay. The water was shallow and ...

As a kid, he saw how the mangroves with their twisted aboveground roots were different from other trees, an observation that stuck with him into adulthood as a biologist at the Universidad Juárez ...

propagules drop from the branch as a ready-to-go mangrove plant. As they bob along in the water, propagules slowly unfurl light-sensitive leaves and begin to sprout roots—tiny trees ready to ...