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Showing posts with label ecology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ecology. Show all posts
Friday, February 28, 2025

The 'demise' of plow-based farming is coming as farmers use healthier ways to grow food

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Jesse Stubs plowing, prepares soil to plant corn on newly-terraced land in Flint River Farms, Ga., in May 1939. (Marion Post Wolcott, Libr...
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Flora & Fauna: Considering Waygu cattle; bot swims like a fish; maple syrup debates

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Mallie Shuster checks on his Wagyu cow-calf herd. (Eleven Oaks Farm photo via Lancaster Farming) Want a better steak or burger? Cattleman M...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Opinion: Great Basin Desert residents, advocates and researchers face a 'terrible dilemma' about its future

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Wikipedia map Peaks, valleys, salty dry lakes and rolling stretches of sagebrush have long-defined Great Basin Desert habitats that used to ...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Flora and fauna: Shoes for a chicken; cats can eat more than 2,000 species; the decline of snowbirds

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Nubz in his reindeer slippers (Photo by Meesh Davignon via WP) A tiny chicken missing some toes inspired fans to send him over 60 pairs of c...
Monday, December 11, 2023

New England stone walls are a man-made wonder deserving their own branch of science

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Instagram photo via The Conversation Walls of rock with novel plant and animal life wind through New England, and it's time to give them...
Tuesday, December 05, 2023

Mussels -- 'the unsung heroes of river life' -- are finally making a comeback in the Apalachicola River

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The ACF River Basin watershed. (Wikipedia map) It's a success story with muscle, or should we say mussels ? "Some good news for the...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

A solution for increasingly arid lands? Taking advantage of the water cycle process alongside soil regeneration.

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Water cycle restoration is key to creating water on parched land. (Photo by Daniel Sinoca, Unsplash) When scientists talk about solutions fo...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The return of gray wolves to national forests requires strategies that can benefit humans and animals

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Gray wolves are tracked with radio collars to help understand  their habits. (California Fish and Wildlife photo via AP) More than a centur...
Thursday, September 21, 2023

Rural highways and byways can offer spectacular views in the fall -- take time to soak in the sights at these four stops

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'Tis the season for troves of colored trees, exploring harvest bounty and letting crisper air fill your lungs. Wherever you roam this fa...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Flora and fauna: Terrier sniffs out turtles; mow less and pick more flowers; vultures threaten livestock; snap-pea science

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Dory searches a leatherback nesting site for the exact location of eggs. (Walt Disney World Resort courtesy photo via National Geographic) O...
Monday, September 11, 2023

Scourge of invasive plants and animals is an 'extinction event on par with the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs'

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Brown tree snakes were accidentally introduced in Guam. It ate many native birds into extinction. (Photo by David Clode, Unsplash) Black r...
Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Helping to save the world might start with inviting bugs back; they've got a lot to offer

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Praying mantes are farmers' little helper . (Photo by Rosie Kerr, Unsplash) Entomologists appreciate all sorts of insects, and in his op...

For the love of insects: Here are the four smartest

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Mother Nature is no respecter of human superiority. She has given animals languages we don’t understand, gifts people cannot learn and “thin...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Youngmeyer Field Station in the Flint Hills of Kansas offers rural magnificence as an off-the-grid research facility

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The roof has a clean line with a sculpted edge. (Photos by Brad Feinknopf, DeZeen) Off the grid and set into the land of the Flint Hills of ...