May 29, 2009

Bee Powerline Habitat: Conserving Bugs

Beetles need a place to live, too!

May 28, 2009

Bee Powerline Habitat: Parasites

Forget about the hive: some bees are downright anti-social!

May 27, 2009

Satin Bowerbirds-Song and Dance

When it comes to the search for a mate, the female Satin Bowerbird is looking for smooth moves and good mimicry.

May 26, 2009

Science Diary: Red-cockaded – Overview

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a 1200-acre oasis for small groups of Red-cockaded woodpeckers.

May 25, 2009

Science Diary: Long Leaf Pine – RCW

Restoration of the Long Leaf Pine ecosystem at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is central to the survival of an endangered woodpecker.

May 22, 2009

Satin Bowerbirds-Building a Bower

If there were awards for interior decorating in the animal kingdom, the male satin bowerbird would deserve top honors.

May 21, 2009

Tree Fungi-Resistance

Fungi give forests a helping hand in the battle against disease.

May 20, 2009

Tree Fungi-Beneath

Fungi may be the unseen saviors of their plant hosts.

May 19, 2009

Science Diary: Long Leaf Pine – Restoring

Forestry experts at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge are working to restore Long Leaf Pine, a species that once ranged from Virginia to Texas.

May 18, 2009

Science Diary: Redwoods – Ancient Productivity

Two-thousand years old and still growing! It appears that giant redwoods continue to grow, despite their extraordinary age.

May 15, 2009

Tree Fungi-Ubiquitous

They’re in the food we eat, the medicine we take and the woods we walk in: Fungi are everywhere!

May 14, 2009

Croakers-Paradox

The Atlantic Croaker might be a bit too noisy for its own good. why then, does it continue to sound off?

May 13, 2009

Croakers-Dinner

With Atlantic Croaker as its prey, the bottlenose dolphin just has to LISTEN for its dinner.

May 12, 2009

Science Diary: Redwoods – Old Growth Advantage

There are a variety of attributes that make a redwood unique, and many of them come with age.

May 11, 2009

Science Diary: Bears – Surprise Cub

Researchers have made a surprising discovery about bear reproduction, and it has scientists talking.

May 8, 2009

Croakers-Murky

Atlantic Croakers use sound to stay in contact with each other.

May 7, 2009

Sagebrush – Upside of Weeds

Some ranchers may be feeling a bit sheepish as they profit from invasive weeds.

May 6, 2009

Sagebrush – Solutions

Scientists may have found a way to control an invasion of non-native plants in the mid-west.

May 5, 2009

Science Diary: Bears – Strange Birth

Triplets typically share a birthday, but three little bears in Washington state have birth dates 17 days apart.

May 4, 2009

Science Diary: Bears – Distress

Like human babies, hungry bear cubs express their dismay with an attention-getting scream.

May 1, 2009

Swifts in the Chimney

Twice a year thousands of Vaux’s Swifts use an elementary school’s furnace as a migratory stopover.