Posts for tag "featured"
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Diversity Dominates at Mendocino College’s Coastal Field Station
Mendocino College’s Coastal Field Station provides hands on experiences for undergraduates eager to pursue degrees in the sciences.
- Posted March 20, 2019
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New York City’s Urban Field Station: A Unique Partnership Between Researchers and Natural Resource Managers to Improve the Urban Environment
New York City Urban Field Station and its partners strive to preserve, protect and promote New York City’s natural areas.
- Posted March 18, 2019
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Ducks Unlimited Protects and Restores Critical Habitat in Southern Region of U.S.
Ducks Unlimited partners with Southern Region farmers and other landowners to preserve, protect and restore diverse Southern Region habitat, including rice field wetlands.
- Posted March 15, 2019
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Controlling Invasive Carp at a Blue-Ribbon Fishery
Lake managers at a blue-ribbon fishery in Utah are removing invasive carp using chemical means and restoring water quality in the process.
- Posted March 13, 2019
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Hurricanes Are Changing Puerto Rico’s Watersheds
Researchers reveal that a more intense series of hurricanes hitting Puerto Rico is changing stream chemistry in its watersheds.
- Posted March 11, 2019
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The Seneca Lake Watershed Management Plan
Harmful algal blooms are occurring in Seneca Lake, and a team with an updated WMP and frequent monitoring is hoping to counter them.
- Posted March 8, 2019
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Student-Built Robot Aiding Fight Against Invasive Lionfish
A team of undergrads from Worcester Polytechnic Institute have been training an underwater robot to hunt an invasive fish species.
- Posted March 6, 2019
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Fighting Invasive Crown-of-Thorns Sea Stars with eDna
Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science are using eDNA to battle invasive Crown-of-thorns sea stars from eating the Great Barrier Reef.
- Posted March 5, 2019
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Great Lakes Region Gets Big Conservation Boost From Ducks Unlimited
Protecting, enhancing and restoring wetlands in the Great Lakes area, Ducks Unlimited has worked tirelessly to save thousands of vulnerable acres.
- Posted March 1, 2019
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Outstanding Orchids: Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania Is a Plant Lover’s Dream
There are over a thousand acres of plants to see at Longwood Gardens, including conservatory gardens, outdoor gardens and conserved meadows.
- Posted February 27, 2019
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The East Bank Die-Off: A Coral Reef Whodunnit
A team of researchers turns to interdisciplinary collaboration to solve a mystery and explain a coral reef die-off.
- Posted February 20, 2019
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Untouched Mangrove Forests Make Rookery Bay NERR a Special Place for Researchers
Featuring acres of mangrove forests and gorgeous beaches, Rookery Bay NERR provides exceptional habitat for wildlife and a great place for research.
- Posted February 13, 2019
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The Ozark Research Field Station in Focus
There’s a new field station in the Ozarks, and it is open for educational, research, and citizen science opportunities.
- Posted February 8, 2019
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West Fork Watershed Partnership Takes Aim at Fecal Matter
Houston’s West Fork Watersheds Partnership is combining water quality monitoring and community engagement to tackle fecal waste in the local watershed.
- Posted February 6, 2019
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Doing Science At the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology is a unique facility for education and research.
- Posted February 4, 2019
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Learning to Filter Water—By Studying Manta Rays
Recent research on the filtration system of the manta ray offers hope for fighting microplastic pollution.
- Posted February 1, 2019
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Pennsylvania’s Lacawac Sanctuary Offers Rare Pristine Glacial Lake to Researchers
Lacawac Sanctuary boasts an unspoiled glacial lake, wetlands, ponds, second-growth forests and a focus on limnology.
- Posted January 31, 2019
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Underwater Webcam Citizen Science Project Monitoring Marine Life
With the help of an underwater webcam, a project in Gibraltar is crowd-sourcing observations of marine life in a protected area.
- Posted January 28, 2019
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AguaDrone Waterproof Drone Soars over Obstacles in Fishing and Fish Monitoring
AguaDrone is a revolutionary waterproof drone that has been used to conduct marine research and enhance fishing.
- Posted January 25, 2019
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Monitoring for Answers in Southern Minnesota
Dr. Laura Triplett and students from Gustavus Adolphus College are monitoring southern Minnesota’s watershed to evaluate water quality improvement measures.
- Posted January 23, 2019
