
Trouble in the Forest: Whitebark Pine Trees...
Have you ever hiked up a mountain and felt a frosty wind blowing across your face? You might need to button up your...
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Have you ever hiked up a mountain and felt a frosty wind blowing across your face? You might need to button up your...
If you look up during a storm or when it is foggy, you may see little rivers flowing down the tree branches above your...
Scientists in the San Francisco Estuary (Estuary) are trying to solve the puzzle of why many small native fishes are...
A river’s residents can tell us a lot about the health of their home. Groups of small insects and other river critters...
Hungry for a little plant diversity? Let us mix some up! First, we gather available ingredients—a bit of soil, a few...
Just like you and me, plants need a balanced diet to be healthy. However, while we can get most of our nutrients from...
The forest floor is the forest’s graveyard. There, broken branches and fallen trunks are laid to rest. However, this...
What affects the size and health of fish babies? The size of a young fish may strongly influence its chance of survival...
When we think about plants, we do not normally imagine them “speaking” to each other. But they do communicate—in many...
Imagine you have some special strong interest, such as observing birds. Would you expect scientists to be interested in...
American Peregrine Falcons nesting along Alaska’s upper Yukon River have been studied for nearly 50 years. Peregrine...
What goes on beneath the waters of a marsh? What are the critters below the surface eating? Scientists who study Suisun...