Emily Schwing – FloridaLearns STEM Scholars: Recent Episodes
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A new study links sea ice decline with increasing wildfire weather in the Western U.S.
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New fossils are changing a decades-old story about the species that roamed the Mediterranean 80 million years ago.
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Equally surprising is the fact that we still do not know how birds actually stay airborne.
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Wildfires, appearing dead in winter, are actually smoldering, then bouncing back to life in spring to consume increasingly more land in the Far North.
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A 15-year study of where carbon lies in boreal forests has unearthed a surprising finding.
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In beetles—we are talking beetles—some of whom have learned, over millions of years of evolution, to dampen the stench of decay in order to help their young thrive.
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Here’s what we can learn about climate change and infrastructure from Denali National Park’s only road.
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Now submerged caves in the Yucatán Peninsula contain remains of ocher-mining operations that date back at least 10,000 years.
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The geese are wintering farther and farther north, in urban areas like Chicago—which may help them avoid hunters. Emily Schwing reports.
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New beaver ponds in the Arctic may contribute to the destruction of the permafrost that holds that landscape together.
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A social scientist studies how car stickers turn the roads into actual information highways.
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Researchers attached cameras to humpback whales and found that they flap their flippers to help power forward swimming.
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Salmon excavate streambed holes in which to lay eggs, setting off a chain of events that has surprisingly large geographical effects.
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