Ana Breit, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin is in Borneo this summer studying small mammals in the field. The ecology and environmental sciences Ph.D. student is studying body temperature regulation in small tropical mammals, which are likely to be affected by climate change in the near future. “Most animals have a range of temperatures where they […]
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What did you use your smartphone for today? To FaceTime with friends, order a Lyft, pay bills, Google whether it’s OK to feed peanut butter to dogs? For University of Maine clinical psychology doctoral student Colin Bosma, smartphones also are a research tool. This fall, 110 volunteer participants in his study will fill out a […]
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During the first six months of 2019, University of Maine faculty and students have contributed to knowledge and solutions — locally and worldwide. Here’s a review of some highlights, including dog biscuits made of green crabs and a comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Everest. January Food science majors to engage in active learning to prepare […]
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Preserving a range of different personality types within small mammal populations is critical for maintaining the key ecosystem function of seed dispersal, according to University of Maine researchers. Understanding how variation among individual seed-dispersing animals and whether land-use change interferes with the process is the focus of a recent study led by Allison Brehm, a […]
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National Geographic, The Weather Channel, Fox News, Hindustan Times and Science Alert reported on the installation of the world’s highest weather station in Mount Everest’s “death zone.” An international team of scientists, including six from the University of Maine, and mountain climbers joined National Geographic to install the two highest weather stations in the world, […]
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News Center Maine reported on testimony of psychologists at the murder trial of John Williams, who is accused of killing Somerset County Deputy Eugene Cole in Norridgewock in April of last year. Expertise of the University of Maine’s Psychological Services Center, directed by April O’Grady, was tapped in the trial, according to the report. The […]
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Anthony Sutton, a doctoral candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about a Native American canoe dug out of the mud off Cape Porpoise. The canoe is estimated to be between 700 and 800 years old, and is the first pre-European contact dugout […]
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An international team of scientists, climbers and storytellers, led by the National Geographic Society and Tribhuvan University, and supported in partnership with Rolex, conducted a scientific expedition to Mount Everest, believed to be the most comprehensive single scientific expedition to the mountain in history. The multidisciplinary team installed the two highest weather stations in the […]
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Brothers Charlie and Ryan Gardner of Brewer, Maine are two years apart, and both graduated from the University of Maine in May — Ryan with a bachelor’s degree and Charlie with a master’s. The Gardner family has roots in the UMaine community. Ryan and Charlie’s father, Doug Gardner, is a professor of wood science. Their […]
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WBUR (NPR Boston) spoke with Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maine, for the report, “New England is losing its native plants. Researchers say it’s time to stop and smell the wildflowers.” A recent study led by McDonough MacKenzie found that about one quarter of native New England wildflower species have […]
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