Think of your most amazing four-state roadtrip. How much data did you collect between stops at Disney Land and the hotel pool?…
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Climate Change An Epic Joshua Tree Roadtrip & the Reproductive Ecology of an Iconic Southwest Plant
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Biodiversity Snapshots of Change and The PhenoCam Network: What Are 130 Cameras Telling Us About Our Changing Planet?
As flowers began to bloom and leaves slowly emerge in the northern hemisphere this time of year, most people are thinking about…
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Biodiversity The Birds That Start Fires: Using Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to Understand Animal Behavior
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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Biodiversity The most talked about research of 2017
While citations to academic papers are easy to track (see Google Scholar, World of Science), it’s quite informative to see what research…
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Climate Change Balancing Science and Advocacy in the Face of Climate Denial: A climate scientist reports from COP23
A guest post by John Fleming on a Trump Administration-sponsored session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn Germany…
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Biodiversity Saving Species from Ourselves
A recent opinion piece in the Washington Post from Dr. Robert Alexander Pyron has created quite the stir in the conservation and…
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Citizen Science Citizen Science: Sonic Kayaks Capture Underwater Sounds and Create Experimental Music
By fitting kayaks with underwater environmental sensors and speakers, a team of researchers has created a tool for citizens and scientists alike…
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Climate Change Climate Change is Increasing Mosquito Habitat Ranges
This month, we are taking a closer look at some of the articles chosen as part of the PLOS Ecological Impacts of Climate…
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Climate Change Resilience and Restoration: A Path Forward in a Changing Climate
This month, we are taking a closer look at some of the articles chosen as part of the PLOS Ecological Impacts of…
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Climate Change South American caiman ancestor gulped its prey like a pelican
Modern crocodiles and their ancestors, the crocodyliforms, have a weird and wonderful evolutionary history. If you look back in time through the…
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Climate Change To Decrease Your Environmental Footprint, Eat Less Meat
When you think of major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture might not immediately come to mind. However, food production contributes about…
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Climate Change Behavioral Flexibility May Help Some Animals Deal with a Changing Climate
A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners has identified the circumstances in which some animals change their behaviors…