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When sharing science with diverse publics representing a broad swath of cultural, ethnic, ideological and socioeconomic interests, it certainly helps when those doing the sharing are themselves representative of a diverse cross-section of society.

I have seldom witnessed an issue as divisive as the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracture, better known as fracking.

As part of her ongoing work to assess how human activity affects freshwater resources, aquatic ecologist Emma Rosi-Marshall spent this past summer studying nutrient cycling in large western rivers.

Our fall line-up of hosted conferences and workshops.

This year's West Nile virus outbreak is marching toward the record books, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting some 3,100 cases and more than 130 deaths in the United States.

Traditional academic calendars give teachers and students the summer off to unwind, but you wouldn't know that from the learning that took place on our campus.

From October 4 -18, painter Maria Coryell-Martin will join the Cary Institute's research community as our fall artist-in-residence.

New England’s heralded autumn leaf show is now on display, and a walk on the Cary Institute campus is a great opening act.

This summer Stuart Findlay held a press conference with partners to launch a high-tech environmental monitoring station based at Marist College.

Over the last 10 weeks, the Dutchess County Environmental Management Council has summarized its State of the Environment Report for Dutchess County.

Water is the No. 1 environmental concern among Dutchess County residents. Concerns range from drought and flood prevention to pollution in drinking water, streams, lakes and other water bodies.

Dutchess County and four other mid-Hudson Valley counties have the nation's highest rates of Lyme disease, an illness transmitted by the bite of a tiny — and insidious — tick.

Oil: We're running out of it. It makes our country vulnerable to foreign powers. Burning it causes irreversible harm to our environment.

Continued research is necessary to develop control measures to reduce the incidence of the disease. 

Our region's changing climate will continue to have widespread effects on our natural resources, agriculture, infrastructure, and human health. 

There are three major air pollutants in Dutchess County: ozone, particulate matter, and acid precipitation. 

A new high-tech environmental monitoring station was unveiled on the banks of the Hudson River. 

How coyotes and other predators influence Lyme risk.

The new monitor is part of a network of 15 stations that provides round-the-clock data on conditions in the Hudson from Albany to New York Harbor. 

Cary Institute, NYSDEC, Marist, USGS and partners join forces to protect river.