Ivy League Climber
By Mark Lasbury, MS, MSEd, PhD @Biologuy1 Wrigley Field is the venerable 1914 baseball stadium on Chicago’s north side. One…
Category: Life Sciences and Biomedicine
Street Trees in California Valued at $1 Billion
Trees lining California streets give cities and urban residents valued at $1 billion, according to a new study.
Recycled Smartphones Hunt Down Illegal Loggers
By Neha Jain @lifesciexplore In the summer of 2011 Topher White, founder of Rainforest Connection, a nongovernmental organization (NGO), visited…
Hot Towns, Urban Heat Islands
By Steven Spence It’s Hotter in the City Have you ever noticed on weather reports that cities seem to be…
Inside the World of Fire Ants
Everything you didn’t realize you wanted to know about fire ants. Learn more in this video from the team at Be Smart.
Desert Dust Increases Harmful Marine Bacteria
By Emily Rhode, @riseandsci A new study out of the University of Georgia could help predict blooms of a common but…
No Junk Food for Urban Honeybees
By Kate Stone Urban bees have access to soft drinks, candy, and other sweet junk food, but bees don’t want…
Oil Spill Cleanup Secrets of Gulf Coast Bacteria
By Shayna Keyles Bacteria have played a large role in cleaning up the Gulf Coast after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…
Bird Eyes: The Greatest Eyes on Earth
Bird eyes have incredible vision. Falcons and other birds of prey have highly specialized eyes for a predatory lifestyle on the wing.
Bird Migration: I’ll Fly Home—or Not
By Mark Lasbury, MS, MSEd, PhD @Biologuy1 The arctic tern travels from north of the Arctic Circle to Antarctica and…