…huge flocks of hungry herbivores have been forced to forage elsewhere.
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To bird is to conserve: prospects for the endangered birds of Hispaniola
Bird everywhere you go, especially if you visit hotspots, which represent the front lines of conservation crises.
It All Comes Out in the Wash?
“No-poo” has become a trending alternative to using commercial shampoos. People have many reasons for turning to alternative hair washing options, and one of these is the fact that most of our shampoo ingredients will eventually end up in the environment from either treated wastewater or biosolids. So I decided to try no-poo for myself, but the experience was less simple than I’d imagined.
The Fate of Forests on Duke’s Campus
“…over the years and decades forests on campus have been gradually chipped away for construction…”
Want to help birds? Be a Citizen Scientist
An army of robotic, automated microphones and cameras may eventually render all us birders and field naturalists irrelevant, but in the meantime, scientists are tapping into our collective expertise to advance knowledge of biodiversity patterns across spatial scales all over the world.
North Carolina’s Serengeti
…witness one of North America’s most amazing natural phenomena in North Carolina’s “back yard,” the annual arrival of hundreds of thousands of feathered dinosaurs from the Arctic.
Sarah Loftus
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coasts, Duke Marine Lab, energy, events, PhD, Slide Shows, student life, students, travel, water
Algae Farming
Last month I attended the Algae Biomass Summit in San Diego, where I learned from “algae farmers” and visited a facility that produces algae nutrient supplements. This post includes a video of photos and clips from my trip to San Diego.
Birding 101
Birding can be fun for anyone. If you haven’t given it a shot, read on for a crash course!
Happy (belated) Open Access Week!
Last week was OPEN ACCESS WEEK. I will spare you my own description of what open access is, since a quick Google search will give you both definitions and opinions from publishers, universities, and advocatesContinue reading
Birding in North Carolina
The pieces of geography enclosed within NC borders act like a crossroads for virtually all of Eastern North America’s major eco-regions—perfect for assembling an impressively diverse list of bird species.