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\"\"Check out what the faculty, staff, and students have been up to over the past few years.<\/h2>\n

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International team studies the migration of the American woodcock (Blomberg, Roth, Brunette, Darling)<\/a><\/h3>\n

November 25, 2024 – Phys.org The American woodcock, a plump harbinger of spring, is a well known shorebird found across eastern North America. The species is a popular game bird and has earned the admiration of hunters, birders and others through its spring display, whistling wings and unique quirks.<\/p>\n

Another Mural could be coming to Bangor (Fedarick)<\/a><\/h3>\n

November 19, 2024 – by Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Bangor could get another mural next summer, this time featuring marine life found in the Penobscot River. Bangor Beautiful, a local nonprofit organization with the mission of improving the aesthetics of the city, asked city councilors permission to paint a mural on all four sides of the Kenduskeag Pump Station on the corner of Broad and Washington streets.<\/p>\n

Record named executive director of UMS TRANSFORMS Student Success and Retention Initiatives<\/a><\/h3>\n

November 1, 2024 – 91르적 News A University of Maine wildlife faculty member will oversee the continued development and implementation of various programs that will help students throughout Maine\u2019s public universities excel during and after their college careers.<\/p>\n

91르적 steps up efforts to track ticks (Gordon)<\/a><\/h3>\n

October 18, 2024 – by Vivien Leigh, News Center Maine ORONO, Maine \u2014 Maine could be on pace to set another record-breaking year for cases of Lyme disease. There have been 2,544 in 2024<\/a>, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The state record of 2,943 cases\u00a0were reported in all of 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n

Paying Closer Attention to Nature (Charney)<\/a><\/h3>\n

August 23, 2024 – Maine Calling This show is a rebroadcast of an earlier show (original air date June 27, 2024); no calls will be taken. <\/i>Maine is filled with nature lovers\u2014but it takes an extra level of mindfulness to really pay close attention to nature. We’ll learn how to not only stop to smell the flowers\u2014but to truly study them and focus with all of your senses on the natural world. And we’ll discuss how to capture nature’s wonders through photography, art, writing and other methods.<\/p>\n

Watch out for amphibians crossing Acadia Park roads (Monroe\/Charney)<\/a><\/h3>\n

August 20, 2024 – Mount Desert Islander ACADIA NAT\u2019L PARK \u2014 Fall can be a rainy time in Acadia, prompting toads, frogs and other amphibians to move about the landscape, including into roadways.<\/p>\n

To See the Past and Predict the Future, Try \u2018Reading\u2019 a Landscape (Charney<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

May 22, 2024 – NY Times
How well do you know your own backyard? Noah Charney thinks you should take another look.<\/p>\n

Early spring means an early end to black bear hibernation (Seward<\/strong>)<\/a><\/h3>\n

March 18, 2024 – News Center Maine
Bear researchers are asking residents to secure trash and bird feeders while they study long-term climate impacts on the species.<\/p>\n

‘Our Maine’ explores human impact on state\u2019s wild places (Calhoun\/Hunter<\/strong> ’74)<\/a><\/h3>\n

October 23, 2023 – Ellsworth American
SOUTHWEST HARBOR \u2014 Editors and a photographer teamed up to create \u201cOur Maine: Exploring Its Rich Natural Heritage,\u201d a book of essays by 33 contributors that paints a vivid portrait of Maine\u2019s wild places and wild creatures, as well as of human impacts and the way the state\u2019s heritage has changed.<\/p>\n

The trees don\u2019t care about us (Charney<\/strong>)<\/a><\/h3>\n

May 30, 2023 – The Atlantic, by Alexandra Horowitz
Two new books scrutinize the natural world, and not for what it might offer us.
Silent observers of our lives, trees are on most peoples\u2019 radar only at moments of transition or death: We mark springtime\u2019s budding and autumn\u2019s flamboyance, note somberly the tree felled by a storm or by the tiny, ravenous ash borer. Although emblematic of nature, they nevertheless are seen with the goggles of our human-centered vision, and thus barely seen<\/i> at all.<\/p>\n

S8E4: How can art help enrich our lives and solve everyday problems? (Roth<\/strong>)<\/a><\/h3>\n

March 16, 2023 \u2013 The Maine Question Podcast
Art \u2014 whether it\u2019s created on a page or computer or in a studio or theater \u2014 can do more than showcase creativity for amusement and cultural enrichment. Art can help teach people about historical and contemporary societies, advance research, support economic development and combat daily and systemic issues.<\/p>\n

Secret Life of S\u2019mammals (Yen<\/strong>)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Mar 3, 2023 – Georgia Wildlife Federation
A conversation between two small mammal researchers: Dr. JT Pynne (Georgia Wildlife Federation) and Ivy Yen<\/strong> (PhD Student at the University of Maine).
<\/em>Most plants grow from seeds, but how do those seeds get there? Seed dispersal is the method by which plants spread out their seeds to populate an area. Seed dispersal comes in many forms, from hitchhikers riding along pants legs to birds eating and passing seeds.<\/p>\n

Study traces migration habits of woodcock (Blomberg\/Roth<\/strong>)<\/a><\/h3>\n

February 28, 2023 – The Piscataquis Observer
The American Woodcock, whether you hunt them over a gun dog or simply observe their spiraling spring mating rituals, are a fascinating and unique migratory game bird.<\/p>\n

Kaylee Hussey<\/strong>: Wiki-wonder<\/a><\/h3>\n

February 13, 2023 – 91르적 News
Editor\u2019s note: This story was updated Feb. 14, 2023
<\/em>The assignment was simple: add information to the Wikipedia page of an invertebrate species, citing two peer-reviewed sources. Somehow, Kaylee Hussey misunderstood the task \u2014 and may have found a passion for science communication along the way.<\/p>\n

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