Stories indexed under: Ecology

Total: 32   RSSRSS feed

  • UW-Madison ecologist receives MacArthur Award Aug. 5, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison zoology professor Monica Turner was lauded Aug. 4 for work that was once criticized as "pseudoscience."
  • Photo of forest Scattered nature of Wisconsin's woodlands could complicate forests' response to climate change July 14, 2008 If a warmer Wisconsin climate causes some northern tree species to disappear in the future, it's easy to imagine that southern species will just expand their range northward as soon as the conditions suit them.
  • Photo of Mary Langston Professor blends ecology, history April 21, 2008 As a University of Washington graduate student in the late 1980s, Nancy Langston traveled to a national park in Zimbabwe to study an endangered bird. She came back with a resolve to know more about people.
  • Photo of Aldo Leopold Digital project puts Aldo Leopold papers online April 8, 2008 The project to digitize the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives' complete collection of materials from conservationist Aldo Leopold has made its first installment of online materials available to the public.
  • Image of Gulf of Mexico dead zone Increased ethanol production to worsen Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ March 10, 2008 The rush in the United States to produce corn-based ethanol as an alternative fuel will likely worsen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and expand the annual "dead zone" that kills fish and other aquatic life, according to new research.
  • Photo of midge Lowly Icelandic midges reveal ecosystem’s tipping points March 5, 2008 A UW-Madison zoologist describes in the journal Nature an ecosystem population dynamics model built on the flies of Iceland’s Lake Myvatn, showing how even slight human-induced changes can irreversibly alter the balance of nature.
  • Celebrating Leopold’s legacy Feb. 27, 2008 To celebrate the Aldo Leopold legacy, people are invited to the Arboretum Visitor Center, 1207 Seminole Highway, from 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, for “Madison Reads Leopold,” part of Aldo Leopold Weekend. Leopold Weekend is a statewide event that honors Leopold’s contributions to our understanding of the environment.
  • Photo of wolves Researchers promote coexistence of wolves, people Feb. 14, 2008 For almost a decade, Adrian Treves, an animal behaviorist and ecologist, and Lisa Naughton, a social scientist, have worked closely with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to address the challenges of living with wolves, especially the losses of livestock and hunting dogs that inevitably result.
  • Photo of Greene Prairie Fight to save celebrated prairie continues Oct. 3, 2007 Students from UW–Madison’s general ecology class have joined Arboretum researchers and land managers in an ambitious five-year plan to subdue the spread of invasive reed canary grass in the UW Arboretum’s Greene Prairie.
  • Slide show: Greene Prairie Oct. 3, 2007
  • Photo of frog Study: Nutrient pollution drives frog deformities Sept. 25, 2007 High levels of nutrients used in farming and ranching activities fuel parasite infections that have caused highly publicized frog deformities in ponds and lakes across North America, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • Aerial photo of Lake Mendota Lake districts serve as prisms of environmental change April 24, 2007 Two vastly different Wisconsin lake districts - one in a dynamic agricultural and urban setting, the other in a forested and much less developed region of the state - are proving their value as sentinels of regional environmental change, according to a new report.