Kay Bidle – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Faculty
Evolution To Rescue: Climatic Resilience Of Coral Reefs Key To Its Conservation, Says Study
Malin Pinsky – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
SEBS Researchers Receive NSF Funding to Explore Social and Ecological Factors of Pathogen Occurrence in Amphibian Pet Trade
Professor Julie Lockwood, Department of Ecology Evolution and Natural Resources, and Ryan Almeida, School of Graduate Studies, will work with collaborators across four universities to characterize the trade of pet amphibians within the United States, including the range of amphibian species sold as pets and which species are the most common and cheapest to purchase. […]
Engaging Farmers, Culinary Schools, and Communities in Value-Added Production to Strengthen Local Food Systems
Lauren B. Errickson – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Ethan D. Schoolman – Dept. of Human Ecology; Virginia Quick – Dept. of Nutritional Sciences
SEBS researchers receive NSF funding
Julie Lockwood, Ryan Almeida – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Rutgers-led Study on Bees Shows How Different Species Pollinate the Same Plants Over Time
Rutgers has conducted the first study showing how many more species of bees are needed to maintain crop yields when a longer-term time frame is considered. In the paper, which was recently published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, scientists said biodiversity of the bee population is critical to maintaining the ecosystem function of crop pollination, which […]
Open Space Committee Told Of ‘Hidden Costs’ Of Damage Done By Deer
Joe Paulin – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers-led study on bees shows how different species pollinate same plants over time
Natalie Lemansk – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Study by Asst. Professor Diana Roopchand Shows Cannabidiol May be a Possible Treatment for Postmenopausal Women
A Rutgers study points to cannabidiol (CBD), a major component of hemp and medical marijuana used to treat conditions such as chronic pain, inflammation, migraines, epilepsy, autoimmune diseases, depression, and anxiety, as a possible treatment for postmenopausal women, whose ovaries no longer make estrogen. In a study published in Frontiers in Pharmacology, scientists reported that when estrogen-deficient mice […]
Indoor Gardens: Just for the Health of It
Celebrating National Indoor Plant Week – By Joel Flagler The relationship between people and plants has been many thousands of years in the making. We have been interacting with plants long before the term “horticulture” was conceived. Our earliest ancestors relied on plants to survive. They learned to recognize which vegetation offered the likelihood of finding […]
