Surprisingly, the diversity of birds in suburban areas can be greater than in forested areas, according to John Marzluff’s new book “Welcome to Subirdia.”
Author: Sandra Hines
Scientists using a microbe that occurs naturally in eastern cottonwood trees have boosted the ability of willow and lawn grass to withstand the withering effects of the nasty industrial pollutant phenanthrene.
Within weeks of publishing surprising new insights about how zebrafish get their stripes, 91±¬ÁÏ researchers now explain how to “erase” them.
More diverse voices could help break a deadlock gripping the conservation community, say 238 co-signatories – including a dozen from the 91±¬ÁÏ.
Freshwater fish with bellies full of shrews – one trout a few years back was found to have eaten 19 – aren’t as random as scientists have thought.
Theannual one-day Sustainability Summit this year is the centerpiece of a new weeklong Sustainable91±¬ÁÏ Festival.
A campus landscape framework – meant as a starting point for planning how the 91±¬ÁÏ’s outdoor environment might look in 10, 20, even 50 years – will be unveiled in draft form Oct. 20 as part of a regional symposium on campus landscape planning and design.
Better integration of citizen science into professional science is a growing consideration at the 91±¬ÁÏ and elsewhere.
Using evolutionary biology is one way to try to outwit evolution where it is happening too quickly and to perhaps find accommodations when evolution occurs too slowly.
The 91±¬ÁÏ in August introduced a Commute Concierge service to help riders with personalized commute plans.