Congratulations Winners of the 2013 Student Award for the Appreciation for the Biology of Insect Pests
Annual Student Award for the Appreciation for the Biology of Insect Pests We are proud to announce the winners for the second year of the
Dispatch from Ethiopia: Curse of the Church Forests
Dr. Lowman’s article originally posted in calacademy.org: I’m swallowing mouthfuls of dust each day driving long distances through a landscape parched by East Africa’s annual
Window to the Bay at Historic Spanish Point listed in Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s “Grand Openings” article
From Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Window to the Bay at Historic Spanish Point, 337 N. Tamiami Trail, Osprey. The Tree Foundation, led by Meg Lowman, determined that
Are church forests key to conservation in Ethiopia?
Article from Deutsche Welle (DW) that provides an excellent summary of TREE Foundation and Dr. Lowman’s conservation efforts in Ethiopia: In the highlands of Ethiopia efforts are
Solar disinfection: an approach for low-cost household water treatment technology in Southwestern Ethiopia
Worku Legesse, Associate Researcher of the Tree Foundation, co-published the following article. The final version of the article has been published in the Journal of
In My Nature
NSF REU co-speaker Rebecca Tripp’s article “In My Nature” has been published in the Dec/Jan 2013/2014 issue of Ability Magazine: Growing up on the rugged
Interview with NSF REU co-speaker, Rebecca Tripp
Below is an interview with Rebecca Tripp discussing how she became a canopy biologist from a wheelchair. She talks about the summer research program she
In the Canopy with Water Bears and Wheelchairs 2014
NSF: REU In the Canopy with Water Bears and Wheelchairs June 1 – August 9, 2014 with W.R. Miller, M. D. Lowman and E. McCord, PIs.
Rebecca Tripp’s essay about her REU Canopy Explorers experience
The summer of 2013 proved to be an exciting time of discovery for eight undergraduate students, myself among them, who traveled from around the country
California Academy of Sciences Selects Dr. Meg Lowman as Inaugural Chief of Science and Sustainability
(Originally posted on calacademy.org on 11/18/2013:) SAN FRANCISCO (November 18, 2013) – The California Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Meg Lowman
Name a Species, Save a Forest – New tardigrade species
Name a Species! Save a Forest ! A great legacy gift! This new tardigrade species is of the genus Doryphoribius, a group characerized by the
Student award “Appreciation for the Natural History of Insect Pests”
The award: $500 awarded annually to one recipient. Sponsored by the TREE Foundation in Sarasota, FL. Who is eligible: University students regardless of their geographic
Lowman to study coffee forests in Ethiopia as Fulbright Specialist
Dr. Margaret D. Lowman, research professor in the College of Sciences at North Carolina State University and senior scientist at the North Carolina Museum of
3rd International Sloth Day – October, 19th 2013
International Sloth Day was created by Foundation AIUNAU who proposed this international day at the First International Meeting about the Wellbeing, Rehabilitation and Conservation of
Attempt to export nearly-extinct pygmy sloths sets off international incident in Panama
From Mongabay.com: Last Monday (9 September 2013), the police officer on morning duty at Isla Colón International Airport, Panama noticed some foreigners loading crates with
Mobile computers open doors to scientific discovery
Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: New PDAs (personal digital assistants or hand-held computers) are flooding the market with their myriad sound bytes,
Pygmy Sloth Export Incident Recap and Future Plans
In the letter below, Bryson Voirin, a long-standing TREE Foundation research associate, gives an overview of the pygmy sloth export incident that occurred on September
Amazon Rainforest Workshop – Summer 2014
Another exciting NC Museum Citizen Science Expedition to the Amazon is planned for July 11-20, 2014. Join group leader Canopy Meg as you venture to
A Preliminary Assessment of Ethiopian Sacred Grove Status at the Landscape and Ecosystem Scales
Abstract: The northern Ethiopian landscape is dotted with small patches of church forests that are religious centers for the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC). These
Natural History of Insect Pests Student Award Available
The purpose of the award: The award serves to promote the study of unexplored aspects of natural history of insect pests. Due to their success