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Bergman’s law may also apply to global warming—a mechanism selecting for smaller average size among organisms.  Recently Laura Bosco and her coworkers have described decreases in the body size of wintering birds in Europe in the face of higher wintertime temperatures.  Cold winters made Bergman’s law more compelling, as a lower surface-area-to volume ratio made survival of larger warm-blooded species more likely.

An ecological theory may help to explain why segregation is so widespread and persistent in US cities, according to a paper published Tuesday in Buildings and Cities. The new way of framing segregation’s endurance may provide a useful tool to study and address systemic racism, and could ultimately reveal novel ways of breaking the cycle.  

Arcus Foundation Primatologist Annette Lanjouw discusses the challenges of conserving apes, orangutans, chimpanzees, and bonobos.

Freshwater Ecologist Kathie Weathers was a panelist at UN special event during SDG Summit. Featuring water experts from around the world, the panel discussed how new technologies and inclusive international collaborations can help identify the causes of global water insecurity.

Dr. Emma Ros talks about her career as a Freshwater Ecologist and highlights some of her research findings.

Dr. Pilowsky discusses their doctoral research, conducted at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Adelaide, in which they showed how process-explicit models can be used to establish determinants of range collapses and extinction by unpacking complex interactions between ecological lifestyles, biological traits, climate change, and human-driven threats.

Bycatch is not the only point of waste in the fishing industry. Recent work suggests that in the U.S., about half of the loss is wasted by consumers at the point of consumption. Thirteen to 16 percent of the fish lost are spoiled and discarded during distribution and marketing.

This summer, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies had the honor of hosting three data librarian interns from the National Center for Data Services. These internships introduce students from historically excluded racial and ethnic groups to data librarianship, providing practical experiences and skills needed to be competitive for data librarian positions.

A virtual exploration of beaver ecology and management in the Hudson Valley, NY. Topics covered include beaver as ecosystem engineers and keystone species and a 101 on how beaver alter watersheds.

Fecundity varies enormously across species, from species like humans (the average woman in the US has about two children over her lifetime), to very fecund species like cottonwoods (which can make millions of seeds each year for decades), fishes like walleyes (hundreds of thousands of eggs over a female’s life), or freshwater mussels (tens of thousands to hundreds of millions of eggs over a female’s life)

Bernhardt will share how her team is using satellite imagery and remote sensing to track the rapid spread of ‘ghost forests’ - trees that have been killed off by rising salinity. Among the topics to be discussed: the ecological consequences of saltwater stress, impacts to vulnerable human populations, and strategies to mitigate saltwater intrusion along the Eastern Seaboard and beyond.

In Central and West Africa, where the monkeypox is endemic, scientists suspect that at least a couple of rodent species intermittently slosh it into humans.

Beech bark disease has been spreading through the American beech (Fagus grandifolia) population ever since, killing countless trees and altering the structure and food webs of forests from Canada’s Maritime Provinces to North Carolina.

This workshop is geared toward educators or parents of 4th-8th grade students participating in the Hudson Data Jam competition, but anyone interested in introducing basic data analysis skills to their students is welcome.

This webinar is for educators or parents interested in learning how to facilitate data exploration for elementary-aged students

A virtual science talk on the biology and ecology of composting. The presentation will include a demonstration on how you can start composting at home.

Blacklegged ticks carrying Powassan kill one in 10 of the people who develop severe symptoms. Half of those who survive a serious bout of the illness continue to experience the effects of the disease, such as loss of muscle mass and recurring headaches, for the rest of their lives.

Forests are the largest source of carbon offsets for U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. But using American forestland to combat climate change is more complicated than it seems on the surface.