Citizen Sea’s latest recruit left school at 16 with one GCSE (General Certificate of Education) and now she is a Marine Biologist who has just completed her PhD on Invasion Ecology. Monica McCard is the new Project Co-ordinator for the Citizen Sea charity. Citizen Sea is Northern Ireland’s first boat based environmental charity. Its aim … Read more
JARED BARTON THE COLUMBUS TELEGRAM For USDA State Wildlife Biologist Ritch Nelson, the desire to work with nature started early. “I grew up on a farm northeast of Albion, a dairy farm, so I was outdoorsy and I was always kind of drawn to wildlife, nature, that kind of thing,” Nelson said. Little did he … Read more
Thanks to a pair of grants from the MJ Murdock Charitable Trusts, two Pocatello High School teachers are getting two summer’s worth of research experience with a couple of Idaho State University professors. Recently, Devaleena Pradhan and Heather Ray, assistant professors of biological sciences, were each awarded a Partners in Science grant. Through the program, … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Column Publishing date: Aug 10, 2022 • 20 minutes ago • 5 minute read Kathy Conlan was featured in the exhibit “Courage and Passion: Canadian Women in Natural Sciences” at the Canadian Museum of Nature in July 2018. Photo by Jean Levac /Postmedia Network Article content A day at the office … Read more
The annual awards aim to recognize and celebrate Australian intellectual and scientific excellence, whilst encouraging younger Australians to follow in the footsteps of outstanding achievers and fostering a more publicly engaged scientific leadership in Australia. As part of the Young Tall Poppy campaign, award winners will spend a year sharing their knowledge with school students, … Read more
The introduction letter to parents of children enrolled in the “Be the Biologist” Junior Ranger Program at Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge makes one thing very clear: don’t be surprised if your child comes home looking like a “piglet that has been rolling in mud.” “If your kid doesn’t come home with a dirty face, … Read more
Toby Daly-Engel Talks Genetics on ‘Shark Attack Files’ Florida Tech shark biologist Toby Daly-Engel is once again gracing our televisions as she appears in National Geographic’s 2022 SharkFest series, “Shark Attack Files.” (Florida Tech image) BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Florida Tech shark biologist Toby Daly-Engel is once again gracing our televisions as she … Read more
Sink your jaws into this. A recent slew of shark sightings and attacks along New York and New Jersey shores has local beachgoers on edge. But if you’re hoping for some escapism on TV, think again. Shark Week, the Discovery Channel’s annual summer series that began in 1988, begins Sunday with a wave of celebrity-packed … Read more
STARKVILLE — Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Small game biologist Rick Hamrick confirmed there are no new cases of a new strain of rabbit disease in Mississippi called Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Type 2, or RHDV2 since the state’s first positive in October 2021. The virus had infected about 20 domesticated rabbits in … Read more
The Montana grizzly bear attack that killed a woman is “extremely rare,” a biologist told Insider. Leah Davis Lokan was fatally mauled by a grizzly bear while camping just an hour after she scared it off, a report found. “It’s very rare to have a situation like this. I never heard of anything else like … Read more