WABI (Channel 5) boosted a request from University of Maine researchers to anglers, asking them to donate their legal striped bass remains after filleting. Researchers, led by UMaine graduate student Abrielle Remick, are using bass remains to analyze and understand the fish’s feeding habits. Remick said findings may help researchers and wildlife management make more […]
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In a compilation of quotes from expert sources for a story on land conservation and wildlife, Newsweek included commentary from Noah Charney, assistant professor of conservation biology at the University of Maine. “When companies come in and fence off land, drive heavy machinery, build roads and divert water, these cause major changes to the local […]
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BBC interviewed Brian McGill, professor of ecological modeling at the University of Maine, on the Biosphere 2 experiment. Conducted in the 1990s, a small team tried to survive in a hermetically sealed space containing replicas of Earth’s ecosystems. McGill suggested the biosphere’s pollinators may have died off because the glass enclosure blocked ultraviolet light, which […]
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The New York Times cited two data visualizations from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer to show how a heat wave passed through Europe.
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Between high school and his graduation from the University of Maine in May, Dustin Hill has changed directions a few times — and led a few different lives by some measures. He has two degrees, two children, a wife and veteran status. “If you could go back and talk to 16/17 year old Dustin, you […]
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The University of Maine recognized 3,293 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2025 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,284 are from Maine, 960 are from 43 other states and 49 are from 18 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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WABI (Channel 5) highlighted the Maine Wood Turtle Project, which is co-led by Matthew Chatfield, assistant professor of evolution and eco-health at the University of Maine. “Mostly what we focus on is ecology and management of wood turtles to help improve their conservation status in this state and elsewhere,” Chatfield said. Since wood turtles can […]
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The Washington Post cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer on the length of time average hot temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere peaked between 1979 and 2000.
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News Center Maine highlighted wild blueberry research from the University of Maine in two separate stories focused on how new technology and tools can make growing and harvesting wild blueberries more efficient and sustainable. WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7) highlighted an event hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension at Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro, during […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Walt Golet, assistant professor of marine science at the University of Maine, on the abundance of local bluefish tuna in the Gulf of Maine. “By all accounts, right now, everybody is [in] agreement that bluefin are doing well,” Golet said. “I get this question all the time: ‘Should we eat […]
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