Diversity makes us stronger. The diversity of life, biodiversity, is what unites and sustains us as living things on this tiny planet. And without it our tiny planet is in trouble.
What We Don’t Know Can’t Help Us
The story of the laser teaches an obvious lesson about how even the most useless-seeming scientific discoveries can have an unexpected impact on our lives, but the laser was still invented with at least fuzzy applications in mind. So, let’s go back even further in the history of the laser – to Einstein.
Trading places: How to deal with a conservation quandary
There were two things that always seemed out of place in the parking lot of the Whole Foods in Edgewater, NJ – my little Subaru crammed in among all the luxury SUVs and the wild monk parakeets.
Here is where the wild things are
It’s 5:45 am. I need get out of my car and get to work, but I can’t. I’m alone, on a deserted road in the middle of the woods, and something is moving in the bushes right outside my door.
A (Late) Lichen Update!
Not too long ago, I wrote a post about lichens. In that…
Hermit Crab Psychology and Other Beach Bucket Discoveries
The beach across from my sister’s house in Cape Cod is pretty…
Bigger Than a 3-inch Fish
By now I’m sure you’ve heard Donald Trump‘s California rally declaration “There is…
Like a Lichen
There’s a strange being inhabiting our planet. It’s made up of at least…
The Nanoscale
Sometimes the biggest marvels we see in nature arise from the smallest…
Where recreation ecologists spend their summer vacation
We enjoy hiking and getting out in nature, but how can we…
