There are many ways to communicate science, but few as expedient and direct as social media. But while Twitter and Instagram have…

Last week I wrote about my favorite new papers on mountains and phenology after a summer of scientific reading. In the second…

Happy National Parks week! While I tend to plan trips around plants — Thuja plicata in Olympic National Park, Lathyrus japonicas at…

By fitting kayaks with underwater environmental sensors and speakers, a team of researchers has created a tool for citizens and scientists alike…

I love museums. A lot. And I am not alone. According to the American Alliance of Museums, there are approximately 850 million…

I started listening to podcasts sometime in 2009. But I practically became addicted some time during 2010 when I was in graduate…

I have to admit, at first I didn’t really notice. I live in Virginia, a state in the approximate middle of the…

Collaborative conservation efforts, including research, bat-friendly tequila production, and citizen science, have led to the recovery of an endangered southwest bat. Last…

“We owe it to each other to tell stories.” – Neil Gaiman Scientific writing is often belied as dry, stale; a…

Above banner image by Thomas Leuthard (Coffee & Social Media, creative commons license) Guest Post by Nicole Miller-Struttmann, Laurence L. Browning Jr…

You may have already seen the pictures from the Gardner Police Department’s camera trap by now, but if not, they are going…

Mercury is a toxic element that can adversely impact human and wildlife health. And while it can be found as an introduced…