Tag: field research
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,...
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic
Theresa Crimmins, University of Arizona; Erin Posthumus, University of Arizona, and Kathleen Prudic, University of Arizona
The rapid spread...
Caught on camera: The fossa, Madagascar’s elusive top predator
Asia Murphy, Pennsylvania State University
Mention wildlife on Madagascar and the first thing listeners probably picture is the island’s famed lemurs. As many people know,...
Scientists join forces to save Puerto Rico’s ‘Monkey Island’
Alexandra Rosati, University of Michigan
“00O made it!” There was some news to celebrate on Sept. 28 in the email chain of scientists who work...
EXPLORING NATURE
Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s...
Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, many...
