Phys.org reported on research on the sexual selection of birds conducted by Brian Olsen, assistant professor in the University of Maine’s School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute. Olsen found when looking for a mate, female coastal plain swamp sparrows choose males with large bills. He also found small-billed males are more at […]
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To female coastal plain swamp sparrows, male bill size matters. When looking for a mate outside of their pair bond, female coastal plain swamp sparrows (Melospiza georgiana nigrescens) choose males with large bills, according to a University of Maine-led study conducted along Delaware Bay. Small-billed males are more at risk of being cheated on by […]
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UMaine doctoral graduate receives international prize for studying first human settlement in Peruvian Andes.
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A University of Maine graduate student is researching ways to use lobster shell waste to create a pigment extract as a green alternative to synthetic versions found in fish food. Beth Fulton, a Ph.D. student in food science, is working with other researchers on the project that aims to use environmentally friendly solvents and methods […]
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The Almagest reported on blueberry health benefits research by Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, a clinical nutritionist and professor at the University of Maine, that was recently published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. The study found diets rich in blueberries may improve conditions associated with metabolic syndrome, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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The Associated Press reported that George Jacobson, Maine’s state climatologist and professor emeritus of biology, ecology and climate change at the University of Maine, will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of Rhode Island’s Nursery and Landscape Association on Jan. 16 and 17 at the University of Rhode Island. Jacobson plans to discuss […]
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The December 2013 issue of Impact, a Maine State Chamber of Commerce publication, featured an article on the University of Maine’s involvement with the Maine Invention Convention. The event is a statewide competition that promotes problem solving and inventing by students in grades five through eight throughout the school year and ends with the statewide […]
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Michael “Mick” Peterson’s recent trip to Turkey to consult with the six major race tracks of the Jockey Club of Turkey was the subject of a story by a horse racing columnist Kadir Kiygir. Since 2004, the UMaine professor of mechanical engineering has contracted with track owners and racing industry leaders to test the strength, […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Bob Steneck participated in a Florida State University-led study that recommends a paradigm shift for fisheries science and management. The study spearheaded by FSU biology professor Joe Travis advocates that fisheries experts and managers consider how overfishing and environmental changes disrupt species interactions and alter ecosystems, including pushing some ecosystems […]
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Robert Wagner, a forestry professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the editorial “A devastating infestation of spruce budworms is coming — and we need to be ready.” Wagner, who is director of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit that was formed in 1975 during the last spruce budworm outbreak, […]
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