In an article about a rare orange lobster with a missing claw found in Casco Bay and housed at the University of New England, CBS News cited an online resource with information about molting from the University of Maine Lobster Institute. According to the Lobster Institute, molting is a growth process that involves lobsters struggling“out […]
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WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) featured University of Maine research into how warming waters can make non-native smallmouth bass more aggressive toward endangered juvenile Atlantic salmon. Smallmouth bass also more voraciously eat local food supplies at higher water temperatures.
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One of the best things about being in Maine during the summer (or any season, for that matter) is the wealth of outdoor opportunities it offers — they don’t call it “Vacationland” for nothing. Faculty at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources (SFR) enjoy recreating in the great outdoors just as much as […]
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In an article about efforts to conserve woodcock populations in West Virginia, The Dominion Post noted that the Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative is coordinated by the University of Maine. Yahoo! News shared the Dominion Post report.
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In an article about research about dragonflies and mercury in Acadia National Park, National Parks Traveler noted that the Dragonfly Mercury Project was started in 2009 by researchers at the University of Maine and Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, as well as Maine students and teachers. It has since expanded to more than 450 […]
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In an article about alewives recovery in the Presumpscot River, The Maine Monitor noted that the University of Maine is working to adapt environmental DNA, or eDNA, for coastal ecosystems
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The Los Angeles Times reported that Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, analyzed fern and fungi spores, pollen grains, leaf fragments and other microscopic traces of prehistoric plant life from crushed mineral samples as part of a NASA-funded […]
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In an article about how researchers at the Ohio State University are using notes from a 19th-century Ohio farmer to learn more about growing seasons, Smithsonian Magazine spoke to Aaron Weiskittel, professor of forest biometrics and modeling and director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine School of Forest […]
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In an article about books that present trees “on their own terms,” The Atlantic highlighted “These Trees Tell a Story” by Noah Charney, assistant professor of conservation biology at the University of Maine. MSN shared the Atlantic report.
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Elisa Schine, a graduate student in forestry at the University of Maine, spoke to Northern Woodlands about working in forestry professions as a woman. Although forestry has become much more inclusive of women during the past several decades, it remains a majority male profession. “There’s this incredible resource of potential employees, potential collaborators who are […]
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