The Faces Behind Our Food
July 22, 2024
Donald Nonini and Dorothy Holland interviewed sustainable farmers and food activists across N.C. to develop better models for local food systems.
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The Green Thumb’s Guide to Taxonomy
June 25, 2024
Alan Weakley explains how botanists identify new plant species, their names, and the stories behind them.
All the Light We Cannot See
January 18, 2024
Undergraduates at the UNC Outer Banks Field Site study how artificial light at night affects wildlife and share their results with community members.
On the Surface
July 19, 2023
Claire Johnson explains her studies of microbial communities living on seaweed mats in the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf Stream and how they cycle nitrogen.
Up in the Air
June 23, 2023
Haley Plaas works with local communities to uncover how algal blooms affect air quality.
Wild Things Make Their Hearts Sing
January 24, 2023
While studying small mammals in the Blue Ridge Mountains, juniors Marie Young and Cole Prezant discover a love for field work.
Hunting for Hemlocks
January 20, 2023
Ken Donny-Clark spent his last semester at UNC-Chapel Hill in the woods searching for a dwindling population of trees that local wildlife depends on: Carolina hemlocks.
Desperately Seeking Salamanders
January 18, 2023
Two undergraduates search for salamanders in western North Carolina — and find so much more.
All Creatures Great and Small
January 17, 2023
Rada Petric's love for nature has led her to study how human presence affects the behavior of small mammals like bats and mice.
Surveying the Smalls
November 18, 2022
Local biologists team up to study how wetland mitigation affects small mammals.