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Piecing Together Island and Ocean Health

New study provides further evidence supporting the connection between predator-free islands and richer sea life. Researchers publish the latest evidence connecting terrestrial and ocean health in a study of four islands in the Mercury Archipelago off the Coromandel. The study analyzes the effects of seabird guano on terrestrial and marine health. Seabird populations are unique, […]

Written by on April 1, 2021

Overheard at National Geographic—The Zombie Mice Apocalypse

National Geographic’s podcast ‘Overheard at National Geographic’ explores the threat that invasive zombie mice pose to Marion Island’s native seabirds and the hope that the restoration of islands such as Anacapa Island brings. Warning: Graphic photographs. Viewer Discretion is Advised. Marion Island is a remote, sub-antarctic island where most people would imagine humans have had […]

Written by on July 15, 2019

Travesía de una mujer en STEM

Como Profesora Adjunta nombrada conjuntamente para el Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y del Instituto para el Estudio del Medio Ambiente, Sustentabilidad y Energía en la Universidad del norte de Illinois, Holly Jones comparte lo que es ser una mujer en STEM. Me interesaban las matemáticas, las ciencias y las actividades al aire libre desde muy […]

Written by on May 23, 2017

Journey of a Woman in STEM

Holly Jones, Assistant Professor joint-appointed to the Department of Biological Sciences and Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy at Northern Illinois University, shares what it is like to be a women in STEM. I was interested in math, science, and the outdoors at a very young age growing up in Iowa. […]

Written by on May 10, 2017