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Saving the Forgotten Flora: Dennis Whigham Receives Distinguished Career Medal
SERC wetland and orchid ecologist among first three recipients of the Smithsonian’s Distinguished Career Service Medal by Kristen Goodhue Dennis Whigham in the Kenai Lowlands of Alaska (Credit: Kelsie...
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How Crossbows Can Tell Us Which Genes Trees Are Turning On…and Off
by Kristen Goodhue Watch: Uzay Sezen, Jess Shue and Alex Koure demonstrate how to bring leaves down from the canopy with a crossbow. Nearly every beech tree in Harvard Forest is sick. A fungus called...
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Four Maryland Orchids Featured at London’s Chelsea Flower Show
Lady’s slippers and rattlesnake plantains silent ambassadors for endangered orchids by Melissa McCormick and Kristen Goodhue North American orchid exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show, featuring showy...
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“Don’t Overlook the Common”: How Charlie and Sue Staines Found Over 1,000...
by Mona Patterson Charlie Staines (right) and his wife, Sue Staines, have documented over 1,000 beetle species at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. (Photo: Cheryl Harner) Beetles, with...
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Wait, The Ocean Is Losing Oxygen? Q&A with Denise Breitburg
by Mona Patterson Denise Breitburg, marine ecologist and Smithsonian scientist emerita (Photo courtesy of Denise Breitburg) Oxygen is a vital element for virtually all animals on Earth and many...
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How Rapid Plant Evolution Can Jeopardize Wetlands
by Mona Patterson Megan Vahsen, lead author of the plant evolution paper, stands with a soil auger in a wetland at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. (Photo: Helena Kleiner) Our...
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In Baltimore, High School Interns Link Race, Science and Faith
by Kristen Goodhue Denim Fisher (left) and Narcia Jackson look at pinned insects under a microscope at Sweet Hope Free Will Baptist Church. (Credit: Alison Cawood) As a young student drawn to the...
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Hot, Fresh & Flooded: These Are the Wetlands Spewing Out the Most Methane
by Kristen Goodhue A freshwater wetland in Merritt Island, Florida. A new study found hotter, fresher wetlands emit more methane. (Credit: Chris M. Morris, cropped. CC-BY-2.0) Your local wetland could...
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Student Scientists Help Conserve Orchids with ‘Classroom Cultivation’
by Kristen Goodhue Students at Gwynn Park Middle School plant orchid seedlings as part of the Classroom Cultivation project. (Credit: Gwynn Park Middle School) What does it take to grow an endangered...
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Amy Freestone: The Unexpected World of Underwater Invasions
by Taylor Wev Amy Freestone, a former SERC postdoc and new managing director of SERC’s Marine Invasions Research Lab. (Credit: Brent Sewall) Amy Freestone joined the Smithsonian Environmental Research...
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