Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: The U.S. military is moving aggressively to reduce its energy “bootprint.” The Department of Defense is our country’s largest single consumer of energy, using more than 300,000 barrels of oil per day. With an armored Humvee averaging only 4 miles per gallon, and with a gallon of […]
Fieldwork in the rain at the ACTS canopy walkway system in Amazonian Peru. ACTS walkway with DC Randle DC Randle talks about the rainforest canopy, his interest in biology and the natural world, and more:
Dr. Meg Lowman will speak from noon to 1 p.m. Friday (7/22/2011) at the Meg Lowman Treetops Camp for at-risk girls at Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum, 443 Coleman Ave. in Big Flats. Lowman will talk about her career and latest adventures. Admission is $10 for the public, $5 for members and free to Meg […]
Debresena Church forest walls are in progess in Ethiopia, thanks to generous contributions from the global forest conservation community! [nggallery id=30] (photos from Alemayehu Wassie) Help us continue this effort of funding the conservation of Ethiopia’s last forests by donating: Ethiopia Church Forests Conservation Cost Table
Lowman and Dunn’s team of biodiversity students shared between NC State University and the NC Museum report amazing new findings on our bodies! View the story on io9.com.
Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: The time was 4:24 a.m. I sat upright in bed, awakened by an inspirational choir that just burst into sound. Vacationing in the woods of northern Vermont, I took a June sojourn back to my childhood forests of New England. Sleeping until noon is an obvious privilege […]
Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: Did you know that over 70 species of ants live in Raleigh? A survey of urban insects, recently conducted by the Museum of Natural Sciences and the biology department at N.C. State University, represents the first effort that engaged citizens to count the wealth of unknown critters […]
Dr. Lowman was a guest on WCOM’s Radio in Vivo on June 1, 2011. Discussion included the Nature Research Center, canopy science research and communicating science. You can also listen the the podcast using the player below: [media id=27 width=320 height=20]
From technicianonline.com: Learning the Ropes Specialists in forest canopy research and in tree climbing came together to pass on climbing tips. Meg Lowman, a scientist with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, first started her work in rain forest canopies in 1979 with a will to explore the heights of forest ecology and a […]
Student Jiri Hulcr was on NPR’s Living on Earth to talk about the Belly Button Biodiversity project. Listen and read at: http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=11-P13-00019&segmentID=7 You can also listen using the player below: [media id=26 width=320 height=20]
