For decades, wildlife managers have clung to the notion of carrying capacity as if it were a law of nature — a neat number representing how many elephants a reserve can sustain. It is time we call ...

Carrying capacity came from livestock management in the US in the early twentieth century, where calculating how many cattle a pasture could support before overgrazing was a matter of profit. But ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The iconic Vembanad lake — the lifeline of the state’s backwater tourism — is operating far beyond its ecological limits. The lake’s recreational carrying capacity has exceeded by ...

(Listen to this post, or right-click to download mp3.) "All species expand as much as resources allow and predators, parasites, and physical conditions permit. When a species is introduced into a new ...