Implementation of the Endangered Species Act is crucially dependent upon what constitutes a species.
Embrace old growth
Replacing old forests with young forests to increase carbon sequestration is a fool’s errand.
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble
When the environmental temperature rises above body temperature, the body must dissipate heat via evaporative cooling—i.e., sweating.
What’s in a Road Name?
Perhaps land developers are poking fun at us
Mitigating the Volume of GenX and other Harmful PFAS Chemicals in the Cape Fear River
by Kate Silver On June 8th, 2017, the Star News, Wilmington, North Carolina’s leading news source, published an article reporting that the primary drinking water source, the Cape Fear River, was tainted with high levelsContinue reading
Deerly Beloved
When we manipulate one component of an ecosystem, such as predators, unknown consequences show up…
Poaching: Not Black and White

Laurence Kruger talked about how poaching and conservation is not a clear black and white issue. Rather than just being greedy, many poachers suffer from low income and try to figure out ways to survive.Continue reading
Babies, Babies, Babies!

A pregnant gerbil was first captured by a D trap, and the day after it was captured again by a B trap at the same site (which is about 20 m away). The mother gerbilContinue reading
Welcome to the world Gnu!
During one of the game drives, we stumbled across a recent birth of an African buffalo!! We watched the amniotic sack come out of the mother and watched the little ones first steps. Such aContinue reading
Seed Disperser or Seed Predator?

One of the experiments students conducted was exploring the distance a seed is for a squirrel to be a seed disperser or predator. Marula nuts are a fan favorite among squirrels in South Africa. TheseContinue reading