By Caspian Antrim Have you ever hit an amphibian with your car? You likely wouldn’t know- but the impact of roadkill on amphibian populations has real conservation implications. Some Background on Breeding Grounds While amphibian roadkill is not the most visible, that doesn’t make it unimportant. Being hit by cars has been identified as a…

By Cameron Tescher Spring… millions of birds leave Central and South America, traveling at night and following the stars to make their way north to mate and raise their young in the United States and Canada. While navigating these dark skies, they must battle human-made obstacles such as intense light…

By Allison Menelli Imagine that you’re a goose, eating from vast fields of grain that are laid out in conveniently organized rows. Suddenly, a loud ringing noise pierces through the air, causing you to take flight out of fear. How likely are you to ever return to that field? …

By Astrid Boyd We don’t often think of fences having much of an impact on plants, but a new study performed in South Africa demonstrates the effects that land fragmentation can have on greenery. Why Are Fences a Problem? One of the most common ways humans have disrupted landscapes is by building fences. Many times…

By Briahna Oliva The development of urban areas has pushed the San Joaquin kit fox to be classified as endangered, as its once greenland habitat has now been replaced with cities and concrete. However, the kit foxes say surprise, surprise mother nature! Urbanization can’t get rid of me! A study…

By Robert Vergara With their hulking bodies, venomous bites, and intimidating demeanors, it might be surprising to learn that Komodo dragons can be just as elusive as their mythical namesakes. …

by Rain Benevent What is Migration? What does the term migration truly mean? If someone asked you, would you say something along the lines of “flying south for the winter”? Or would you talk about salmon swimming upstream? Well, to answer that question, migration is defined as “any synchronous movement between seasonal ranges”…

By Margo Rosenbaum As humans, we share our locations for several reasons: for our friends to know where we are on a date, for our parents to know if we made it home safely, or for us to know when our annoying roommate will be back from an errand. …

By Benjamin Narwold Using Satellite Imagery to Map Forest Fragmentation and Loss to Inform Conservation The cornucopia of terrestrial species diversity has and will continue to be crippled by human activities. Human-dominated tropical forest fragmentation is driving species to extinction and influencing global warming. …