This post is a short attempt to peel back the curtain on my “bad at pollen” process. Since my very first pollen…
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Early Career Drawn to LearningRead more
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Ecology The Rollercoaster of Exploding PollenRead more
When I think about reading peer-reviewed natural history papers — including contemporary articles in a ‘Natural History Miscellany Note’ or ‘The Scientific…
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Biodiversity The Birds That Start Fires: Using Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to Understand Animal BehaviorRead more
I don’t remember too much from the eighties–other than Nintendo, Sonic, and how cool the Ghostbusters were. But I do clearly remember…
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Ecology Ants Are Essential Ecosystem EngineersRead more
Ants are the dominant waste managers of tropical rainforests, new research shows. In a large-scale study in the Malaysian rainforest, ants were…
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Climate Change Behavioral Flexibility May Help Some Animals Deal with a Changing ClimateRead more
A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners has identified the circumstances in which some animals change their behaviors…
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Climate Change Polar Bears, Ringed Seals, and the Complex Consequences of Climate ChangeRead more
It’s well known that climate change is bad news for polar bears, but they are just one part of Arctic ecosystems. Climate…
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Climate Change Changing Our Attitudes Towards Invasive “Alien” SpeciesRead more
Above, zebra mussels on a native mussel; it has been estimated that invasive zebra mussels have cost Canada and the United States…
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Biodiversity What’s so “bad” about the Badlands, anyway?Read more
Authorized as a National Monument in 1929 and redesignated as a National Park in 1978, Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota…
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Biodiversity A day in the park–tracking mercury with dragonfly larvaeRead more
Mercury is a toxic element that can adversely impact human and wildlife health. And while it can be found as an introduced…
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