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Urban Ecology

Bird and plant species more diverse worldwide than expected says study

UMass Amherst Ecologist, Paige Warren, an expert in biological diversity, co-leads an international group of scientists who have found that urban environments across the globe... Read

Floral Transmitters

Researchers offer first systematic review and recommendations on disease transmission via flowers

As hubs for bees and pollinators, flowers are little studied but may be crucial in disease transmission. “Almost nothing is known regarding how pathogens of pollinators are... Read

Polar Test

Developing new biomarkers to measure stress in wild animals

Chemical analyses by UMass Amherst neuroscientist Jerrold Meyer (Psychology and the Center for Neuroendocrine Studies) and his colleagues are helping to establish hair cortisol... Read

Conservationist

Protecting Massachusetts Lands and Waters

Scott Jackson, extension associate professor (Environmental Conservation), has been named the 2013 Conservationist of the Year by The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts to... Read

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Wicked Tuna: Bluefin Expert Molly Lutcavage Talks to National Geographic

Center for Agriculture Adds ‘Food and the Environment’ to Name

UMass Amherst’s Large Pelagics Research Center Fish and Fisheries Talk April 17: “Minimizing Vessel Strikes to Endangered Right Whales: A Crash Course in Conservation, Science and Policy.”

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UMass Amherst's Raymond Bradley on Global Warming

In Pictures

Bumble bee on purple globe thistle plant
Bumble Bee: Protecting Native Populations in the Northeast

The image above depicts a bumble bee pollinating a globe thistle plant. UMass Amherst entomologist...