How do species respond as the climate warms? Although most research on Arctic animals focuses on economically important or charismatic species like…
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Biodiversity Using Arctic Shrews and Their Parasites to Understand the Effects of Climate ChangeRead more
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Climate Change Terrestrial Mesozoic ninja turtlesRead more
Turtles are an incredible evolutionary success story, with about 350 extant species that inhabit all major oceans and landmasses and from tropical…
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Citizen Science The Importance of Storytelling in ScienceRead more
“We owe it to each other to tell stories.” – Neil Gaiman Scientific writing is often belied as dry, stale; a…
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Climate Change Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change: NOAA and AMS Issue Annual ReportRead more
The attribution of extreme events to human-induced climate change—what is termed anthropogenic climate change—has been a burgeoning scientific frontier as scientists grapple…
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Climate Change Critical Mid-Winter Ecosystem Services to Low Latitudes Endangered by Polar WarmingRead more
Reprinted with permission from Polar Ecology Letters, Vol 12, Issue 25, pp. 2016. Dear esteemed colleagues, It is with mounting…
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Biodiversity Say Cheese! Camera Traps and EcologyRead more
You may have already seen the pictures from the Gardner Police Department’s camera trap by now, but if not, they are going…
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Climate Change There’s no money to fight fire with fire – by Sarah McQuateRead more
In 2000, my husband’s cat made the news. The Cerro Grande Fire had chased his family from their home in Los Alamos…
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Climate Change The ecology and economics of autumn leavesRead more
Beyond pumpkin flavored everything, autumn is big business in some parts of the United States. And the main draw are the leaves…
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Climate Change Is a saber-tooth cat’s roar worse than its bite?Read more
Maybe….if it’s cold outside. When the climate changes, organisms change with it. Environmental stresses can impact an organism by limiting ideal living…
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Biodiversity Invasion Ecology at ESA 2016Read more
A guest post from PLOS Ecology Reporting Fellow, Kelsey K Graham, on research from the Ecological Society of America Scientific Meeting in…
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Biodiversity How are pollinators faring with Anthropogenic change?Read more
A guest post from PLOS Ecology Reporting Fellow, Kelsey K Graham, on research from the Ecological Society of America Scientific Meeting in…
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Citizen Science Science Communication, Simple Words, and Story Telling at ESA 2016Read more
A guest post from PLOS Ecology Reporting Fellow, Caitlin McDonough, on research from the Ecological Society of America Scientific Meeting in Ft…