Tag: Ecology
Climate change threatens spring wildflowers by speeding up the time when...
Richard B. Primack, Boston University; Benjamin R. Lee, University of Pittsburgh, and Tara K. Miller, Boston University
For short-lived...
Wolf restoration in Colorado shows how humans are rethinking their relationships...
Christopher J. Preston, University of Montana
From sports to pop culture, there are few themes more appealing than a...
Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic is getting rainier and seasons...
Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder; Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Twila Moon, University of Colorado Boulder
Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature means thinking about connections...
Veronica Frans, Michigan State University and Jianguo "Jack" Liu, Michigan State University
A biodiversity crisis is reducing the variety...
Dung beetle mothers protect their offspring from a warming world by...
Kimberly S. Sheldon, University of Tennessee
If the TV series “Dirty Jobs” covered animals as well as humans, it...
By fact-checking Thoreau’s observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old...
Tara K. Miller, Boston University; Abe Miller-Rushing, National Park Service, and Richard B. Primack, Boston University
Henry David Thoreau,...
Wildfires reshape forests and change the behavior of animals that live there
Taylor Ganz, University of Washington
In the arid American West, wildfires now define summer. Recent years have seen some...
‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: 4 essential reads on pesticides and...
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a bestselling book that asserted that...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
