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I was reading a scientific article on how Bison are a keystone species in the Konza prairie (located in northeastern Kansas) and the various effects they have on the ecosystem there from eating dominant grasses and thereby increasing biodiversity, to a direct effect on the nitrogen cycle with physical landscape changes (wallows) in there for [...]

The biggest threat to species diversity and life is habitat loss and degradation. Many people think that this is the one place where they cannot help protect species.
Black-capped Chickadees can find themselves at home in your backyard. Credit: jackanapes via Flickr
 However, you can help by providing your own backyard as a sanctuary. Learn how to [...]

We were briefly going over energy cycles and trophic structure in ecology and I’ve realized that a class of creatures humans have the most disdain for are actually some of the most important.
Detritivores are organisms that are scavengers on the wastes or dead bodies of other organisms.
So who cares about the carnivores or herbivores? Detritivores [...]

We were analyzing the athropods in soil samples, checking for biodiversity in my Ecology Discussion.
I must say,  I think our pair had it made, because although all our specimins were dead, we didn’t have to deal with mites or sprintails or symphyla. I mean, we had our fair share of springtails under our microscope, but [...]

Although biojournalism still does not have an official definition, it is generally a specific aspect of science writing. The term may be new, but the concept is not. I started generating my idea of biojournalism a while ago, although the term had not even been coined.
I was an intern at the Oregon Zoo Media Relations [...]

The needless use of bottled water is my biggest pet peeve. Photo Credit: Ooodit via FlickrMostly I had to write this post because I’m a bit of a muppet freak and so the kermit reference was irresistible.
However, here is my list of 5 green things I do without thinking:
1. Walk, don’t drive– Part of this [...]

I was so excited in my ecology class to realize that I had a perfect example of a uniform model of species distribution for my midterm. The three types of species distribution, clumped, random, and uniform are found throughout nature, but giving examples is a bit harder.Notice the even dots of vegetation on the hillside?
A [...]

It is pure coincidence that I should read about the discovery of massive fossilized toad on google news so soon after watching “Cane Toads–An Unnatural History” in Ecology.
The new find has been dubbed “Beelzebufo”, or devil toad due to its massive size (10 lbs, 16 inches) and assumed predatory status. Some headlines say it’s “Frog [...]