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Feral Hogs Root Through History
Archaeological sites inside Florida Air Force bases are threatened by foraging pigs. Feral swine, first introduced by some of the earliest European explorers to America, have…
The Effects of Invasive Pythons Slither through the Everglades
Pythons may be setting off a cascade of ecosystem changes. The huge Burmese pythons that are slowly taking over Florida’s Everglades wetlands are a threat to…
At smaller universities, fundraising is a challenge of scale, not technique
With a limited alumni pool and resources, small- and medium-sized universities leverage personal connections to find donors. In fundraising, it’s the personal relationships that matter, says…
Why grey wolves kill less prey when brown bears are around
Wolves may be better at sharing their meals with bears than we thought. Biologists have long assumed that when wolves and brown bears share territory, the…
Trapping seawater contaminants in calcareous deposits
Electrochemical technique can trap up to 24% of nickel in metal-rich seawater, in just seven days. The same process that causes crusty limescale to build up…
Maternal health enters the information age in Peru
How the Wawared project is using technology to collect and share health data that will improve the lives of women and, perhaps eventually, everyone in the…