Friday, May 22, 2020

R.I. must stop monitoring plants to death

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            David Gregg worries that not enough is being done to protect rare plants in Rhode Island.             “There are a lot of pla...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Justifying wildlife protections with slug slime

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            Since much of what I write – especially my books – is focused on endangered species, I often get asked why we should bother pro...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Rhode Islanders need not worry about murder hornets

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               News of the arrival in North America of a non-native insect with the terrifying colloquial name of murder hornet has alarmed ...
Monday, May 11, 2020

Plight of pollinators isn't limited to honeybee collapse

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            Most of the numerous news reports about the decline of bees and other pollinators focus on only one side of the story – the dro...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Climate change increases risk of fisheries conflict

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               A team of fisheries scientists and marine policy experts, led by a University of Rhode Island researcher, examined how climat...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Rhode Island's first lizard species discovered

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            Rhode Island’s herpetological community is bursting with excitement at the discovery of the first confirmed lizard sighting in ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Nature watching while social distancing

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            One of the few good things that has come out of the COVID19 situation is that it has resulted in many more people taking walks...