Monday, November 25, 2019Thursday, November 21, 2019

Fish, Feathers, and Fur: First-ever Joint Meeting of The American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society

The 149th annual American Fisheries Society meeting held from September 29–October 3 in Reno, Nevada, was a truly unique experience for the thousands of fisheries professionals who Read More…

Wednesday, October 23, 2019Thursday, September 12, 2019

Fish & Feathers: Salmon Promote Songbird Diversity

Watersheds that support salmon benefit from an annual influx of nutrients delivered by this migrating fishy convoy. When salmon return to their natal streams to spawn and Read More…

Monday, September 16, 2019Thursday, September 12, 2019

Missing Megafauna: Worldwide Decline of Large Aquatic Animals

For many people, the term “megafauna” evokes images of terrestrial or marine behemoths of bygone eras, like the mastodon or the megalodon. But contemporary Earth is home Read More…

Wednesday, July 10, 2019Sunday, December 29, 2019

Food Flight: Fish Hitch a Ride in Bird Guts

Fish can show up in remarkable places, like ponds disconnected from any other body of water or remote alpine lakes. Sure, sometimes they get a first-class flight Read More…

Monday, June 27, 2016Friday, June 24, 2016

Fish in Space: Where the fish are, and why we need to know

Fish have to swim – and as a result, most fish are constantly on the move, some displaying very complex migration patterns over the course of their Read More…

Monday, August 3, 2015Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Big-Picture Stream Science

Studying stream ecology is often an involved process. Freshwater ecologists have to travel to their study sites, take a series of complicated measurements (such as gathering water Read More…

Wednesday, January 8, 2014Thursday, January 9, 2014

Caching in

Birds use trees for everything from shelter to food, but the acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) shows a particular knack for tree storage and a flair for display. Read More…

Monday, September 16, 2013Thursday, June 1, 2017

The legacy of fire

As the Rim Fire in California’s Stanislaus National Forest grows to over 250,000 acres and firefighting efforts are getting closer to containment, the Tuolumne River Trust is Read More…