Undergraduate Research Makes for Better Science
Improving training in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields is a major priority, crucial to the nation's economy and international competitiveness. However, to date, research evalua...
11 Jul 201830min
Bonus Episode: Disease-Carrying Ticks and How to Avoid Them
Ticks pose numerous threats to human health and well-being, ranging from the familiar Lyme threat to spotted fever rickettsiosis and even mammalian meat allergies. For this special bonus episode of Bi...
13 Jun 201830min
Bridging the Gaps in Global Conservation
To date, the conservation of global biodiversity has relied on a patchwork of international goals and national- and regional-level plans. Hampered by poor planning, competing interests, and an incompl...
9 Mai 201827min
One Thing Leads to Another: Causal Chains Link Health, Development, and Conservation
The linkages between environmental health and human well-being are complex and dynamic, and researchers have developed numerous models for describing them. The models include attempts to bridge tradit...
11 Apr 201827min
Urban Mind: Measuring the Benefits of Nature in Real Time
The positive mental health effects of nature exposure in urban environments are well known, and the literature on the subject is growing fast. However, many previous studies have relied only on cross-...
14 Feb 201819min
Specimen Collection, Populations, and Biodiversity Science
The benefits of specimen collection are well known. Natural-history archives are increasingly used by researchers to investigate evolutionary processes, examine the effects of climate and environmenta...
10 Jan 201820min
A Waterway Bounces Back following the Passage of the Clean Water Act
Although the aims of environmental legislation are well known, measuring the effects of regulation is often a difficult task. Inadequate data for baseline conditions and the recovery period can hamper...
8 Nov 201721min
