May 18 Watch 5:05 From Mt. St. Helens’ volcanic ashes, Mother Nature rebuilds By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 21 Tourist photos trace the fall and rise of Swedish seabirds By Nsikan Akpan Amateur photography is an untapped resource for ecology research, according to a new study from Sweden. Continue reading
Dec 03 Want to help control invasive species? Eat a bullfrog. By Cassandra Profita, EarthFix A group in Oregon says major invasive predators like the bullfrog can become less of an ecological threat if people literally brought them to the table. Continue reading
Jun 09 16 animal selfies that capture life in the Serengeti By Catherine Woods Researchers set up 225 cameras across more than 400 square miles of the Serengeti region in northern Tanzania. The cameras captured it all from monkey selfies to a gazelle family portrait. Continue reading
May 12 Smithsonian’s mystery of the black-crowned night herons solved by satellites By Nsikan Akpan Think your freeloading kid is bad? Black-crowned night herons have crashed at the Smithsonian National Zoo each summer for over a century. Continue reading
Sep 04 What happens to a marsh when sea levels rise? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy What happens to a 2,000 year-old marsh when sea levels rise? Scientists have been studying the Plum Island Estuary to find out. Continue reading
Aug 03 Following ‘Rim Fire,’ what should be done with the trees left behind? By Xander Landen A year after a California wildfire known as the “Rim Fire” burnt through over 250,000 acres of Sierra Nevada forests, environmentalists and loggers are debating what to do with the blackened woodland it left behind. The timber industry believes… Continue reading
May 16 Recycled water in Arizona staves off drought By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The city of Tucson expects to use up its drinkable water by 2030. Civil engineers are redesigning the city's water system to recycle waste water to use every last drop. Continue reading
May 14 Poking cells, solving mysteries and other reasons scientists love basic research By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists and engineers frequently seek solutions to specific problems. But the goal -- and challenge -- of basic research is to tackle broad questions without an immediate application in mind. As part of our ongoing series on the subject, PBS… Continue reading
May 13 Watch NewsHour asks: why do you choose basic research? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching