Environmental Sciences
Breeding Nemo, Maine lab flourishes
Boston Globe
Soren Hansen’s first marine lab was in the closet of an apartment in Orono, Maine. Years later, his company, Sea & Reef, was one of only a few whose tropical saltwater fish are grown from eggs produced in captivity.
Crowning Glory
Compass Magazine
Once the keystone species–that upon which all the others depend–in the largest single-tree-dominated ecosystem in the United States, longleaf pine now occupies just under 3 million acres, less than 5 percent of its original territory.
New Crab Trap Reduces Turtle Mortality By Almost 100 Percent, Study Finds
Ohio University
A new crab trap designed by Ohio University researchers has been shown to reduce the mortality rate of turtles accidentally caught in recreational traps by almost 100 percent while increasing the number of crabs caught.