Lecture Videos

beyond the sea

Beyond the Sea: The Hidden Life in Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands

wildflower talk

Where Have All the Wildflowers Gone? Restoring Healthy Woodlands

livinf sustainably with wildfire event

Living Sustainably with Wildfire: Science for Solutions

NE forests talk

Climate Change, Tree Migration, and the Future of Northeastern Forests

gigante

Gigante: Tracking the Fate of the World’s Big Trees [video]

devil's element

Cary Book Talk: The Devil's Element with Author Dan Egan

snakes in the catskills

Snakes in the Catskills: A Primer

ecology success stories

Ecology Success Stories: The Future Looks Bright

Caught on Camera: Our Wildlife Neighbors

The Spongy Moth in Our Yards and Forests

doug tallamy

Nature's Best Hope - Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

adapting to the new age of wildfire

Adapting to the New Age of Wildfire

ben strauss lecture

Ancient Stories, Great Floods, and the Future of Earth’s Climate

stressed out soils

Stressed out Soils: A Conversation with Jane Lucas

tom wessels talk

Reading the Forested Landscape with Tom Wessels

beaverland talk

Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America

ice age event

The Hudson River School of Art and its Ice Age Origins

rescuing the planet

Book Talk: Rescuing the Planet with Tony Hiss

talk predicting the next pandemic

Predicting the Next Pandemic with Ecology & AI

Big Trees, Lightning, and the Future of Tropical Forests

Refuge: America’s Wildest Places

Composting: An Ecological Perspective

bernhardt talk

Saltwater Intrusion, Sea Level Rise, and the Spread of Ghost Forests

beaver talk

Beaver Ecology and Management

ecology of segregation

The Ecology of Segregation

deer webinar

Oh Deer! How Deer Shape Forests in the Catskills & Beyond

gi equity

Building Equity into US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning

Forest Carbon Offsets: Too Good to be True? [Video]

csc wildfire talk

Wildfire in the Western US: Causes, Consequences, & Adaptation

Butterflies & Skippers: Tracking Nature's Clock [Virtual Walk]

Disease Prediction in a Pandemic Era with Dr. Barbara Han

nys forest preserves event

NYS Forest Preserves: Balancing Access & Conservation

event future of hudson river

Science for the Future of the Hudson River

plastic purge

Plastic Purge with Dr. Michael SanClements

forest pests

Saving Our Trees: Preventing Imported Forest Pests

rae wynn grant

The Bear Necessities with Nat Geo Explorer Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant

Pharmaceuticals in Our Rivers & Streams

Pharmaceuticals in Our Rivers & Streams

maple bud

Tree ID Program for Beginners

CSC tropical forests

Restoring Resilient Tropical Forests

winter wonderland

Winter Wonderland No More? Climate Change & Northeastern Forests

catskill stream

Catskill Research Updates: Stream Restoration & Health

loostrife

Implications of Climate Change for Invasive Species in the Northeast

Climate Change and the Future of Montane Birds in the Northeast

wildlife management workshop

An Ecological Approach to Wildlife Stewardship: Living with Wildlife

wildlife management workshop

An Ecological Approach to Wildlife Stewardship: Threats to Wildlife

wildlife management workshop

An Ecological Approach to Wildlife Stewardship: Wildlife Ecology & Management

catskills flood

Storms, Floods, & Droughts: Hydrological Extremes in the Catskills

science conversation

Preventing Pandemics: Why Biodiversity Matters

reu symposium

REU Symposium: Summer Research in Focus

butterfly walk

Virtual Walk: Butterflies and Skippers

Trees in Trouble

Extreme Heat, COVID, & Equity in New York City

forests adrift

Forests Adrift: A Conversation on the Future of Northeastern Forests

fruit bat cc tambako

Life and Death on the Wing

is green infrastructure fair?

Is Green Infrastructure Fair?

rising

Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore

cuyahoga river fire

The Cuyahoga River: 50 Years After the Infamous Fire

predicting outbreaks

Using AI to Predict & Preempt Epidemics

of mice and ticks

Of Mice & Ticks: Using Ecology to Prevent Lyme Disease

urban resilience

Urban Resilience: Why Ecology Matters

monarch

Monarch Butterflies: Coevolution, Cultural History, and Conservation

trace

Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape

rivers on drugs

Our Rivers and Streams are on Drugs

breakpoint

Breakpoint: Reckoning with America's Environmental Crises

plastic pollution

Plastic Pollution in Freshwaters, From Rivers to Oceans

replenish

Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity

blacklegged ticks

#GetTickedOff: Panel discussion on Lyme & other tick-borne diseases

panda

Zoos & Conservation

monkey

Predicting the Future of Infectious Disease

Water On, In, and Under the Greenland Ice Sheet

Archiving Eden

great lakes

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

Climate Change: How to Make Progress in an Era of Alternative Facts

World's Deadliest Animal: The Mosquito

The Songs of Trees

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of National Parks

Dave Strayer

Our Other Blue Planet: Earth’s Diverse Fresh Waters

ice storm

Why Ice Storms Aren't Cool

Wild by Design

Emerging Infectious Diseases & Amphibian Biodiversity

Why Should We Care About Nature?

The Narrow Edge

Lessons from the Forest

running silver

Running Silver

Roaring Back

The Ecological Homogenization of Urban America

Great Ape Conservation

The Environmental Impacts of Architecture

The Return of Predators to Urban America

Mannahatta: The Past, Present, and Future of New York City

rick ostfeld

The Ecology of Lyme Disease

frog

In Search of Lost Frogs

naylor

Feeding the World in the 21st Century

For the Love of Rivers

Our Rivers on Drugs

Northern Forest Atlas Project

The Tapestry of Science: Engaging Poets, Preachers, and Prisoners as Partners

The Path to Sustainability

Setting a Process in Motion: The Self-Proliferating Landscape

Mist Connections: A Tale of Fog and Forests

If I Had a Hammer

Toms River. A Story of Science and Salvation

More Scenes from the Rural Life

Urban Ecology: The Path to Sustainable Cities

Lessons Learned from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature

bug music

Bug Music: How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noise

The Incidental Steward – Reflections on Citizen Science

Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know

Drinking Water

Forests of the Future

Climate Change and the Future of the National Park Service

seed underground

The Seed Underground

hemlock

What's Bugging Our Forests?

oriole

Discover How Birds Can Save the World

Hudson

The Future of the Hudson River

sharks

Sharks: A Love Story

Conundrum

The Conundrum: How Good Intentions Hurt the Environment

Likens

Acid Rain: A Long, Unfinished Journey From Discovery to Political Action

Lappe

EcoMind: Creating the World We Want

Fraser

Global Climate Change: A Primer

Cherry

Inspiring Environmental Awareness in Youth through Books and Films

wolf

Yellowstone Wildlife: Charting New Paths Forward

Montaigne

Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica

Sukhdev

The Green Economy

Ryder

The Grand Canyon: Power & Perseverance

An Environmental Vision for the Future

Mann

Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming

Kroodsma

The Singing Life of Birds

McKibben

The Building Movement to Tackle Climate Change

Beinecke

One Year After the Greatest U.S. Oil Spill

MobyDuck

Moby-Duck

Snow is Good

Winchester

The Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

Four Fish

Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

Tallamy

Bringing Nature Home

Lovejoy

A Wild Solution for Climate Change

Hayes

From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men

owl

Biodiversity and Human Health

Hansen

Storms of My Grandchildren

antarctic

Environmental Impacts on the Antarctic Ecosystem