Contact: Darren Ranco, (207) 581-1801, William Livingston, (207) 581-2990; Robert Lilieholm, (207) 581-2896 ORONO. Maine — The emerald ash borer, which already has devastated ash tree populations in states like Michigan and Ohio, and is now found in New York and the province of Quebec, is threatening Maine’s ash and thousands of forest-related jobs, including […]
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Contact: Cathy Billings, University of Maine Lobster Institute (207) 581-2751 or (207) 949-2028 (cell) Please note: photos are available upon request SEAL HARBOR — The town of Mt. Desert will be the first to use a unique mooring system that creates a habitat for lobsters and other marine life. The harbormaster, Shawn Murphy, will accept […]
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Contact: Rebecca Holberton, (207) 581-2526 ORONO, Maine — Even though the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico isn’t likely to directly affect Maine coastal habitats and wildlife, it likely will affect some of the birds that are iconic in Maine, including the common loon, many of the state’s shore birds and some of its […]
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Editors’ note: fire ant infestations are being studied in Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and on Mount Desert Island and Orono and Wayne in Maine Contacts: Ellie Groden, (207) 581-2984; Tamara Levitsky, (207) 581-2679 ORONO, Maine — Researchers from the University of Maine are working on solutions to the rapid population growth of invasive stinging fire […]
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Contact: Andy Thomas, (207) 581-4335; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — Managing the Gulf of Maine’s $300 million lobster industry has been a practice mostly reliant upon the physical size of adult stocks, a system called stock assessment and one that’s made policymaking largely reactive with little environmental input. Now, a research team from […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine doctoral student Juan Luis Garcia has earned the Geological Society of America’s prestigious J. Hoover Mackin Student Research Award. That society’s Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division provides the annual award. Garcia is a native of Chile studying in UMaine’s Dept. of Earth Sciences. He […]
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Contact: Carol Kim, (207) 581-2803 ORONO — Understanding how cancerous tumors grow. Learning why some people feel pain more acutely than others. Searching for ways to cure vascular diseases. In biomedicine, the focus is on the basic underlying processes — how our bodies work. Greater understanding of disease through biomedical sciences research holds the promise […]
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Contact: Irv Kornfield, 581-2548 ORONO — Decomposing carcasses. Sexual assault. Intoxication. The story lines sound like they’re straight out of a prime–time television crime drama, but for students in UMaine professor Irv Kornfield’s Introduction to Forensics course, they are the basis for scientific inquiry. Since its inception in fall 2003, Kornfield’s course has opened students’ […]
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Contact: Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, (207) 581-3124; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — Nutritionists have long known that one of Maine’s most prized and prolific natural resources, the wild blueberry, provides health benefits that we’re still just learning about. The Wild Blueberry Association of North America calls the Maine blueberry “nature’s antioxidant superfruit,” and cites its […]
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Contact: Catherine Burns, 581-2895 ORONO — With urbanization increasing worldwide, how do we better plan development to ensure that both humans and animals coexist in the best way possible? University of Maine Research Assistant Professor Catherine Burns is exploring the question in and around New York City, which is home to more than 250 bird […]
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