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A bird's eye view of the United States, with a hurricane moving over the Caribbean toward the eastern U.S.

An Active Storm Season

June 1 marked the start of the 2020 hurricane season — and it’s slated to...

Biomechanics on the Fly

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a gliding lizard! A first-of-its-kind study by Pranav...

Flocking to the Coast

Professors Allen Hurlbert and Keith Sockman want their students out of the classroom as much...
A mother, father, and two daughters pose for a portrait inside a university laboratory space.

The Frog Family

David and Karin Pfennig have created a home away from home in the Arizona desert...
Emma Marzolf

Emma York Marzolf

Emma Marzolf is a conservation grower at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. She collects native...

Taking Research to New Heights

From surveying glacial melt to managing wildfires, there are endless ways drones can be used...

The Timber Chronicles

As a paleoclimatologist, Erika Wise studies climate trends from the past thousand years. Her methods...
Megan Raisle

Megan Raisle

Megan Raisle is a senior and Morehead-Cain Scholar double-majoring in environmental studies and geography within...
Xiaoming Liu

Xiaoming Liu

Xiaoming Liu is an assistant professor of geochemistry in the Department of Geological Sciences within...