Month: December 2017

I noticed the season’s first juncos hopping in my yard a few short weeks ago – an event I look forward to every year because I know their arrival here in New England means winter is on its way. And by “winter,” I mean, specifically, winter solstice – the longest night of the year, the […]

Make sure you’re on Santa’s “nice list” this year. Lend your hands, hearts and brains to science during these 12 days leading up to Christmas!

In response to failure of government to provide adequate water quality information following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, the Rincón Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation Blue Water Task Force have banded together with other local groups to restart their water testing program and empower their local community.

Watch Catherine Hoffman demonstrating how to use SciStarter in this recorded webinar presented by the Citizen Science Association.

A young sea turtle named Grace was found floating cold and listless next to a dock in South Carolina. She was rescued and then sent the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Care Center™ where she required surgery to remove a piece of plastic about the size of a silver dollar from her intestinal tract.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is sharing more details than ever before about its 15,000 collected plants. The best part—you can help make it happen!