CanopyMeg writes “Science of Giants” chapter for new Redwood book
Book’s press release taken from savetheredwoods.org: BERKELEY, CA (November 15, 2018) In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Save the Redwoods League, Heyday is proud to present The Once and Future Forest: California’s Iconic Redwoods, a stunning book that showcases both the grandeur of the redwood ecosystems that sustain California and the deep love they […]
5th graders from Arizona have Skype session with CanopyMeg to talk about rain forests
5th Graders at Ronald Reagan School in Yuma, Arizona care about the Rain Forest! The students are holding the book, The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy. Deb Childs, the students’ teacher, writes the following: We are 5th Graders from Ronald Reagan Elementary in Yuma, Arizona. We were able to raise […]
WINGS WorldQuest Science Communication Panel Discussion with CanopyMeg
Meg Lowman (aka CanopyMeg) participates in the WINGS WorldQuest Science Communication Panel Discussion in partnership with The New York Academy of Sciences’ 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures program. “WINGS WorldQuest recognizes and supports extraordinary women in science and exploration.” “1000 Girls, 1000 Futures is a groundbreaking initiative designed to engage young women interested in science, technology, […]
Documentary Filmmaker Puja Aparna Kolluru Talks About Meg Lowman, the Subject of Her Upcoming Film “A Woman Who Climbs Trees” (thehindu.com)
From The Hindu: Documentary filmmaker Puja Aparna Kolluru shares the experience of capturing inspiring facets of the life of American biologist ‘Canopy Meg’ in her first project A woman who climbs trees A week before her graduation in Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota (Florida) in the US, she had no inkling about her […]
CanopyMeg speaks to school classrooms about rain forest canopies!
Gail Coffman and her fifth-grade students from Catt/LV School District have a Skype session with Canopy Meg.
CanopyMeg speaks to students at Epiphany School in Seattle Washington
Kindergarten students at Epiphany School and their teacher, Scott Starkoski, are studying the rain forest, and they asked great questions during a Skype session with CanopyMeg. Mr. Starkoski writes: In the pic, the students are wearing hats they made out of paper plates and paper bowls, and binoculars they made out of toilet paper and […]
What Tardigrades Can Teach Us About Life in the Rainforest
Dr. Meg Lowman is featured in this episode of Science In The Extremes, where she talks about the importance of rainforest canopies, biodiversity, and the amazing rainforest extremophiles, tardigrades (aka waterbears).
C-WILL121 Dedicates Song “Side By The Tree” to CanopyMeg
Music Artist, C-WILL121, has a new song about forest awareness called “Side by the Tree” for his 7th album, “Music Hero”, and the Music Hero Spectacular “Space Odyssey” Show. C-Will has dedicated the song to Dr. “CanopMeg” Lowman. Here is C-WILL121’s commentary on the song: Full Music Video for “Side by the Tree”: Thanks C-WILL121 […]
FUTURE SCIENTISTS from Blue Point, NY, speak with CanopyMeg
Fifth-grade students at Blue Point Elementary School and their teachers Stacey Loeffler, Trish Lee, and Krysta Sidoti, speak to CanopyMeg about science. They are located in Blue Point, New York.
The Next Gen Interviews CanopyMeg
Sophie Lit, who is a middle school student in Tiburion CA, was a citizen scientist on Dr. Lowman’s summer Amazon expedition. She follows up with a short interview about all the biodiversity that she observed.
5th Graders Learn about the Rain Forest from CanopyMeg
Teacher Lana Brady writes the following to Canopy Meg: “Just wanted to say thank you for taking time to skype with our students. Your words and adventures have inspired them to get out and do good to help the environment!” The fifth-graders are students at Conway Elementary School in Escondido, California.
CanopyMeg speaks about rain forests with 5th grade students
Photo legend: CanopyMeg speaking about rain forests to all the 5th graders at Greece Central School district in upstate New York.
Penang Hill’s 2018 bid for Unesco status boosted by findings of world’s first whole-forest biodiversity survey
From South China Morning Post: Scientists have reported four new species found during an unprecedented top-to-bottom rainforest study at Penang Hill, Malaysia. The recent two-week “BioBlitz” saw 117 scientists and students from Malaysia and around the world join forces to thoroughly document the area’s flora and fauna, from the treetops to beneath the soil. “We […]
New species discovered in Malaysian rainforest during unprecedented survey
California Academy of Sciences team joins Malaysian colleagues to survey region’s rich biodiversity; data to support UNESCO nomination. SAN FRANCISCO (December 6, 2017) – This fall, the California Academy of Sciences partnered with The Habitat Penang Hill and colleagues to conduct a top-to-bottom rainforest survey unprecedented in its comprehensive approach. On Malaysia’s island state of […]
Future Canopy Scientists?
CanopyMeg spoke with the fifth grades of Laura Smeallie and Kate Yvars/Nancy Brown at Boulevard Elementary, Gloversville, NY
Cornell’s Costa Rica Tree Climbing Course in January 2018
Big tropical trees. Howler Monkeys. Exotic bryophytes. The rainforest canopy is home to many arboreal animals: rare frogs, toucans, monkeys, orchids and this January, to you! If you’re itching for a new cultural experience and excited to explore the canopy first hand, this is it. Join the Cornell Tree Climbing Institute in this rarely opened […]
New Canopy Walkway in Vermont
Article from vnews.com: The 300-foot-long canopy walk, which would begin behind the raptor houses, would be at an approximate elevation of 40 feet, give or take. It would lead visitors through a classic New England mix of hard-and softwood trees, and would offer views of the Ottauquechee River and Dewey’s Pond. Along the way, adults […]
Jason Project — Memory Lane!
During the 1990s, the Jason Project reached millions of middle-school kids with virtual expeditions around the world. This innovative program utilized satellite technology and miles of cables to connect me from the rain forest canopy to the “production studio” in the jungle. Despite the enormous technical details required twenty years ago to pull this off, […]
5th graders learn about forests during Skype session with CanopyMeg and begin own projects to help the environment
Amelia Walsh, fifth-grade teacher at School Lane Charter School, writes the following about her students’ projects that focused on ways to improve the environment. Amelia and her students were inspired during a Skype session with CanopyMeg while learning the value of forests. Over the past trimester, the 5th graders of School Lane Charter School in Bensalem, […]
Meg Lowman at Sarasota March for Science
Dr. Meg Lowman was the first speaker at the Sarasota March for Science. Here is some video and photos from the event:
Publications
Margaret Lowman Catalog of Publications
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Books
- Lowman MD and Yaroslava Yashchuk, 2025. CanopyMeg Chronicles 2 – What Next? In press.
- Lowman MD. Tree Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Arboreal Lives. University of Chicago Press, August 2025.
- Lowman MD and Yaroslava Yashchuk. 2023. CanopyMeg Chronicles – Peppertree Press.
- Lowman MD. The Arbornaut. A memoir. Farrer, Strauss & Giroux, August 2021.
- Frost C and M Lowman. In prep. Forest Canopies – third edition. Springer/Elsevier.
- Lowman MD, S Azizah Mohd Nor, N Ruppert (editors). In press. Biodiversity Survey on Penang Hill, Malaysia. USM Publishers.
- Lowman MD. 2017. Muddy Boots – essays of a field biologist. Peppertree Press, 148 pp.
- Lowman MD. 2016. Through the Year with Gertrude Grosbeak. Peppertree Press, children’s book.
- Lowman, M.D. and W Mulat. 2014. Beza – Who Saved the Forests of Ethiopia, One Church at a Time. Peppertree Press (children’s book), both English and Amharic versions.
- Lowman, M.D., S. Devy, and T. Ganesh. 2013. Treetops at Risk. (Springer Verlag).
- Lowman, M.D., Schowalter T., & Franklin J. 2012. Methods in Forest Canopy Research (University of California Press).
- Lowman, M.D., J. Burgess and E. Burgess. 2006 It’s a Jungle Out There – More Tales from the Treetops. Yale University Press. 291 pp. (Paperback, 2008; reprinted in Korean, 2009).
- Lowman M.D. and H.B. Rinker. 2004 Forest Canopies. Elsevier Press.
- Lowman, M.D. 1999. Life in the Treetops. Yale University Press. (Editions in German, Chinese and Korean; paperback version in 2002)
- Lowman, M.D. and N.M. Nadkarni (eds.) 1995. Forest Canopies. Academic Press 624 pp. (Second Edition in paperback 1996)
- Lowman, M.D. (ed.) 1992. Ecology of Hopkins Forest. Williams College Printers. 100 pp
- Heatwole, H. & M.D. Lowman. 1986. Dieback: The Death of an Australian Landscape, Reed & Co. 150 pp.
- Lowman, M.D. 1974. Some Aspects of the Fabric of Life, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 204 pp.
National Leadership Reports
- Lowman MD. 2024. Mission Green – a prospectus.
- Meg Lowman, signatory to, The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
- Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. 2019. Environmental leadership case studies. Chapter on Ethiopian church forests and bottom-up conservation.
- Lowman, M.D. 2012. Health and environment – kids and treehouses. http://www.epa.gov, blog from Women and Environment White House summit.
- NEON Tiger Team. 2008. Education Plan. http://www.neoninc.org/documents/tigerteam
- Sarasota County Environmental Initiatives, FL (2004 – 2009) series of quarterly reports over 5 years to document environmental programs: invasive reptiles, science education outreach, development of Land Institute, conservation action plans, and other activities.
- NEON ISEP. 2006. National Ecological Observatory Network, Integrated Science and Education Plan. National NEON Design Committee, M.D. Lowman – co-chair education group, contributed to ISEP plan and writing.
- Lowman, M.D. 1974. Some Aspects of the Fabric of Life, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 204 pp.
Theses
- Lowman, M.D. 1982. Leaf Growth Dynamics and Herbivory in Australian Rain Forest Canopies. Ph.D. Thesis. Sydney University (Supervisor: Peter Myerscough).
- Lowman, M.D. 1978. Phenology and Productivity of Betula pendula and B. pubescens in Scotland. Master’s Thesis. Aberdeen University (Supervisor: Peter Ashton).
- Lowman, M.D. 1976. Phenological Phenomena and Growth Studies for 16 Northern Hardwoods. Honors Thesis. Williams College (Supervisor: Henry Art).
Journal Articles (peer-reviewed except those with *)
- K.M. Klemow, A.R. Berkowitz, C.R. Cid, T.A. Langen, M.D. Lowman, G. Middendorf, J.A. Reynolds. 2026. A Century of Learning: The Story of ESA’s Education Committee, 1918–2025. The Ecological Society of America (ESA) Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70089
- Moore, A., W.R. Miller & M.D. Lowman, Subm. Tardigrades of the Canopy: Milnesium martafischeri nov sp. (Eutardigrada: Apochela: Milneslidae) from Oregon, USA
- Caviglia-Harris, J., K. E. Hodges, B. Helmuth, E. M. Bennett, K. Galvin, M. Krebs, K. Lips, M. Lowman, L. A. Schulte, and E. A. G. Schuur. 2021. The six dimensions of collective leadership that advance sustainability objectives: rethinking what it means to be an academic leader. Ecology and Society 26(3):9.
- WR Miller, H Cotten, SAM Nor, MD Lowman. 2021. Tardigrades of Malaysia: New records of occurrence from Penang Hill. In: Kansas Biology Transactions.
- S Saatchi, M Longo, L Xu, Y Yang, H Abe, MD Lowman (2021). Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors. Science Direct. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.002
- Caviglia-Harris, J., K. E. Hodges, B. Helmuth, E. M. Bennett, K. Galvin, M. Krebs, K. Lips, M. Lowman, L. A. Schulte, and E. A. G.
Schuur. 2021. The six dimensions of collective leadership that advance sustainability objectives: rethinking what it means to be an
academic leader. Ecology and Society 26(3):9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12396-260309 - Charles H. Cannon1, Colby Borchetta1, David L. Anderson, Gabriel Arellano, Martin Barker, Guillaume Charron, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Jeannine H. Richards, Ethan Abercrombie, Lindsay F. Banin, Ximena Tagle Casapia, Xi Chen, Polina Degtjarenko, Jane E. Dell, David Durden, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino, Rebeca Hernández-Gutiérrez, Andrew D. Hirons, Chai-Shian Kua, Hughes La Vigne, Maurice Leponce, Jun Ying Lim, Margaret Lowman, Andrew J. Marshall, Sean T. Michaletz, Benjamin B. Normark, Darin S. Penneys, Gerald F. Schneider, Joeri S. Strijk, Bashir B. Tiamiyu, Tara L. E. Trammell, Yalma L. Vargas-Rodriguez, Samantha R. Weintraub-Leff, Alexis Lussier Desbiens and Matthew Spenko. (2021). Extending Our Scientific Reach in Arboreal Ecosystems for Research and Management
- WR Miller, H Cotten, SAM Nor, MD Lowman. July 2021. TARDIGRADES OF MALAYSIA: NEW RECORDS OF OCCURRENCE FROM PENANG HILL.
- Moore A, MD West, L Tibbs, WR Miller, C Johansson, MD Lowman. Submitted. July 2021. Tardigrades of the canopy: a new genus for Acanthechiniscus goedeni (Heterotardigrada: Eschiniscoidea: Echiniscidae) from Oregon USA. Zootaxa. (first authors were undergraduate students)
- *MD Lowman, Leon Kagonovskiy, and Caroline Haley. (2020). Herbivory in the Malaysia Rain Forest Canopy, Penang Hill
- Wayne P. Sousa, Kyle E. Harms, Claudia M. Tyler, Margaret D. Lowman, Michael J. Keough, Peter T. Green, Allan Stewart-Oaten (2021). Resolution of Respect Joseph Hurd Connell (1923-2020). The Ecological Society of America (ESA) Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1846
- *Lowman MD. David K. Goodin, Alemayehu Wassie. (2019). The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Forests and Economic Development. The Case of Traditional Ecological Management.
- *Lowman M. (2019). Life in the treetops—An overview of forest canopy science and its future directions. Plants, People, Planet. 2020;00:1–6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10125
- *Lowman MD. (2019). Life in the Treetops – A Planetary Biodiversity Hotspot
- Lowman M., Ruppert N, Mohd Nor SA. Further advancing the expert bioblitz for the rainforest conservation toolkit. Conservation
Science and Practice. 2019;1:e2. - Prashanth Ballullaya U, Manoj Kandoth, Rajesh TP, KS Reshmi, MD Lowman. 2019. Stakeholder motivation for the conservation of sacred groves in south India: an analysis of environmental perceptions of rural and urban neighborhood communities. Land Use Policy (in press). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104213
- Qing Pei, Guodong Li, BP Winterhalder, MD Lowman. 2019. Regional patterns of pastoralist migrations under the push of reduced precipitation in imperial China. Global Ecology and Biogeography 00:1-11. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13040. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13040
- Lowman MD. 2019. Methoden der baumkronen-forschung im wald. IN: Jahrbuch der Baumpflege (Yearbook of Arboriculture) 2019. (Ed D. Dujeseifken). Haymarket Media. Pp. 111-121.
- WR Miller, H Cotton, SA Kimball, MD Lowman. 2019. Tardigrades in the canopy: from outreach to classroom to science. (In press).
- Waymire A, M DuBuc, WR Miller, MD Lowman. 2019. Tardigrades in the canopy: an analysis of arboreal habitats. (In press).
- David K. Goodin, Alemayehu Wassie, M.D. Lowman (2019) The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Forests and Economic Development: The Case for Traditional Ecological Management, Journal of Religion & Society, 21: 1-23