Today is the start of Women’s History month, and this is a good time to teach your children about the countless women who have made significant contributions to make the world a better place. Meg Lowman is named one of five women (past and present) from the Finger Lakes region who have made such an […]
As our thoughts in late summer turn to school, I find myself contemplating the current challenges of science education. Never in the history of humankind has an understanding of science been more complex yet more important. Knowledge is their best weapon if young people are to make good decisions about personal health and also about […]
Project NEON, which stands for the National Ecological Observatory Network, is the first proposed continentwide observation system designed to understand the ecosystems of the United States. Full Article
Margaret D. Lowman, better known as Canopy Meg, wasn’t always a celebrated rain forest researcher with seven books and nearly 90 other journal articles under her belt. Full Article
Lowman’s interest in biology started as a grade-school girl catching bugs and collecting leaves in her West Elmira back yard. She’s now an internationally recognized naturalist whose back yard has extended to the world’s most exotic treetops. Full Article
The Tanglewood camp familiarizes girls with what scientists do, their field equipment, biodiversity, rain forest research and more. Full Article
As a tropical biologist, Iceland was never on my list of global destinations. No landscape could be more different from our subtropical ecosystems of Florida. Imagine my surprise (and delight) to visit this “land of fire and ice” for a board of directors meeting of the Explorers Club. The president of Iceland hosted our international […]
Upon first glance, it is a mouthful to pronounce — Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park. But this long name is appropriate for a place that amounts to one sizable natural wonder. The name Myakkahatchee comes from the Seminole language: “miarca” meaning “big water” and “hatchee” alluding to “river.” Approximately 10,000 years ago, this creek with its […]
Nestled amidst the growing number of housing developments in Sarasota lies Red Bug Slough. Formerly known by some locals as Skeeters’ Drain, this nature preserve is one of several recently acquired natural lands of Sarasota County. Several other counties in Florida are also exhibiting good stewardship of their lands by purchasing ecosystems as a legacy […]
On the ground below, an unusual activity is taking place. People are lurking behind tree trunks, crawling on the forest floor, rigging branches with climbing ropes, and sweeping the shrubbery with nets. Their mission is to count and survey as many species as is humanly possible during a three-hour stint. The scene is a Biodiversity […]
