From Creek to Culture Dish: Tracking Bacteria in Thompson Creek
When most people hear the word bacteria, they make a face. You might picture a messy kitchen sponge or that time someone warned [...]
Who Knew? Cloudy with a Chance of Clues
The Dirt on Turbidity When we think about water quality, most of us picture color, smell, or whether we want to swim in [...]
“DO” You Know What’s in the Water?
Have you ever sat on a rock by a creek, surrounded by the dark greenish-blue water flowing past smooth stones, with the birds [...]
Rock‘n Hole
In the early 20th century, naturalist John Muir wrote, "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to [...]
Two new! Who knew?
During a recent research session surveying for native pollinators, Charles Hawkins, a Fall 2024 intern from Wingate University, discovered two new-to-us species. The [...]
Mystery by the Pond
Imagine walking along a wooded trail and coming across what appears to be a group of very old men gathered around the muddy [...]
“Who knew?” says the landowner.
Have you heard the one about the botanist, the entomologist, and the landowner who walk across a farm field? Well…there’s no punch line, [...]
