13 years beforehand, researchers banded an upland sandpiper on the Konza Prairie Pure Station, an area analysis station contained in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Like many banded birds, the…
A Hurricane Sandy Story Dominick Solazzo likes to say the healthy dunes at Midway Beach and South Seaside Park on the Jersey Shore have a “secret ingredient.” Of course, it’s…
Looking to the tools of palaeoecology, a study published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution describes a novel approach for evaluating current and historical coastal shark communities around coral reefs…
Scientists studying Australia’s Great Barrier Reef discover that table corals regenerate reef habitats 14 times faster than other coral species. These highly sensitive coral species are critical to the reef’s…
Raptor Migration Just outside my window, the California quail are nervous. They’ll be scratching around the yard when suddenly, a seeming rocket drops from a nearby tree, resulting in an…
Marine reserves – basically, no-take reserves set aside to protect fisheries – have become an widely utilized conservation tactic. But this protected-area model is often overlooked in freshwater conservation. Could…
Small-scale fisheries are an under-recognized source of mortality for sea turtles. A new study from the Solomon Islands finds that free divers harvest more than 11,000 sea turtles each year,…
In the Great Lakes, whitefish are among the most important commercial fish around. Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron all have major commercial fisheries for whitefish, which are served…
