Ecology Ecology is the science of how living creatures and plants exist together and depend on each other and on the local environment.Where an environment is undisturbed,the ecology of an area is in balance,but if a creature is exterminated or an alien species introduced,then the ecology of the district will be upset In other words,the balance of nature will be disturbedEcology Ecology is the science of how living creatures and plants exist together and depend on each other and on the ________ environment. Where an environment is undisturbed, the ecology of an area is in balance, but if a creature is exterminated or an alien ________ introduced, then the ecology of the district will be __________. In other words, the balance of nature will be _____. local species upset disturbed