Bugs on drugs = platypus on drugs

Chronic pharmaceutical pollution passes up the food web

The unintended effects of chemical use

Mosquito repellent can be lethal to predators that control their numbers
maine coastal fog

What lurks within coastal fog?

Microbes and species known to cause respiratory infections

Predator diversity = lower Lyme infection rates

Conditions that regulate numbers of infected ticks
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Science Conversation: Our Rivers and Streams are on Drugs

Lecture Video

Discover what it means to be a fish or a platypus living in a cocktail of drugs, which chemical compounds are passed through the food web, and how other forms of pollution, like micro-plastics, amplify the problem.

Spotlight

Insects slipping into the US are causing billions of dollars in damage

Podcast

Wooden shipping pallets can transport pests. Standards established a dozen years ago have helped prevent the outbreak of a major pest infestation in the US, but many are worried that protections are insufficient.

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