by Admin | Dec 8, 2017 | Climate Change, Conservation
It may seem obvious: Winter sports require snow. But with climate change destroying delicate ecosystems, it’s more important than ever for organizations like the US Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) to encourage sustainability so that snow sticks around. Whether...
by Admin | Oct 11, 2017 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is a 20-mile stretch of coastline running from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach in southern Brevard County, Florida. It’s also one of the most important breeding sites for threatened loggerhead and green turtles. Unfortunately,...
by Admin | Oct 4, 2017 | Conservation
New research from the University of Kent shows that citizen scientists can play a role in gathering meaningful information about biodiversity trends like butterfly population changes. For almost a century, citizen scientists have been helping researchers to monitor...
by Admin | Sep 13, 2017 | Conservation
We’re all used to stories of dogs chasing cats, but now dogs are sniffing out cats. Big cats, that is. Scat-sniffing research dogs are helping scientists to get on the trail of endangered carnivores like jaguars, pumas, and bush dogs in the forests of northeastern...
by Admin | Sep 6, 2017 | Climate Change, Conservation
Coral bleaching is destroying reefs all over the world, and scientists have been sounding the alarm about what this may imply about the state of our oceans as the world’s climate warms. But new research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison gives some reason for...
by Admin | Aug 30, 2017 | Climate Change, Conservation
There’s no more iconic a predator-prey relationship than that of bears and salmon. Typically, brown bears on Kodiak Island in Alaska feed on sockeye salmon as they swim upstream to spawn. But things are different these days. Red elderberries, another integral part of...
