Category: Contributor

Teamwork makes the dreamwork: success in Western Malaysia

05.04.18.

Ed. Note: Elizabeth Scordato is an evolutionary biologist at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, studying how environmental variation influences the evolution of bird signaling and the formation of new species. From April to June of this year, Liz is conducting field research on the Pacific swallow in Malaysia, Fiji, and Japan, and will be making…
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Human activity may be changing how birds communicate

03.02.18.

When we study animals, we often try to work in pristine, “natural” habitats. I have spent many months wandering around remote forests with binoculars, a notebook, and a recorder, tracking down singing birds and recording their songs, with the goal of understanding what types of information singing birds are communicating to each other. These types…
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Yes, ExxonMobil misled the public

09.01.17.

“We showed how in a peer-reviewed study. Then they attacked us,” say Naomi Oreskes and Geoffrey Supran.
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Pork producers use antibiotics strategically to keep animals healthy, produce safe food

08.15.17.

National Pork Producers Council chief veterinarian Dr. Liz Wagstrom chimes in.
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Fighting drug-resistant superbugs starts with our forks

08.14.17.

We need to take a hard look at agriculture if we want to slow the spread of antibiotic resistance.
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How using antibiotics in agriculture fuels resistance beyond the farm

08.11.17.

Dr. Lance Price explains the problem and potential solutions.
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