Research Articles
Saving the Harrier: How Smart Science is Guiding Farmland Conservation
Discover how data-driven conservation strategies are protecting the Montagu's harrier through cost-effective interventions and population modeling.
The Secret in the Seagrass: How Local Ecology is Boosting Science Smarts in Coastal Classrooms
Discover how seagrass ecology supplements are transforming science education and improving scientific literacy for junior high students in coastal East Lombok.
The Hidden World Beneath Our Feet: Why Forest Choice Matters for Soil Health
Exploring how native broad-leaved forests and Chinese fir plantations differ in soil organic matter and microbial communities in subtropical China.
Unveiling the Ooze: The Surprising World of Mudflat Ecology
Explore the hidden world of mudflat ecology - a pulsating, hyper-efficient ecosystem teeming with life and playing a colossal role in our planet's health.
Nature's Water Purification Plant: The Strategy Behind Treatment Wetlands
Explore how ecological engineers use treatment wetlands to clean water through natural processes, featuring the Kissimmee River restoration case study.
Nature's Hidden Battles: How Two Invasive Ant Species Coexist Through Spatial Self-Organization
Discover how Turing patterns and intransitive competition enable two invasive ant species to coexist in Puerto Rico through spatial self-organization.
Six-Legged Crime Solvers: How Insects on Animal Carcasses Help Solve Human Cases in Cairo
Explore how forensic entomology uses insect succession patterns on animal carcasses to solve human cases in Cairo, Egypt.
The World is Changing. So Are We. Why Social Science is the New Climate Science
Exploring how environmental disruption is reshaping social sciences and human societies in the Anthropocene era
The Vanishing Mosaic: How Japan's Rural Decline Threatens Both Culture and Nature
Exploring Japan's biocultural diversity crisis and the surprising findings of the 2025 biodiversity study that challenges conventional wisdom about depopulation and environmental recovery.
The City's Secret Pulse: How Fifteen Neighbors Became Urban Ecologists
Discover how citizen science at the Urban Ecology Center is transforming urban ecology through neighborhood collaboration and data collection.