Tracking Urban Lions
From NPR, an excellent radio spot about our puma project. The online version has a bonus video to accompany it.
Research Ties Human Acts to Harmful Rates of Species Evolution
From the NY Times, a Science Times article on our recent PNAS paper. Human actions are increasing the rate of evolutionary change in plants and animals in ways that may hurt their long-term prospects for survival, scientists are reporting. Hunting, commercial fishing...
The Fastest Way to Change a Species: Start Eating It
From Science magazine, more coverage on our PNAS article. From the dwindling Atlantic cod to the increasingly rare American ginseng plant, species are racing to adjust to relentless human exploitation. According to a new analysis, the rate at which hunted and...
Tracking mountain lions – for their own good
From the San Francisco Chronicle, a Sunday front page article on our recently launched puma project. The tired, sweaty trackers scrambled up a steep, muddy slope in a remote canyon in the Santa Cruz Mountains to the towering madrone tree where the hounds were barking....
Wolves Buffer Scavengers Against Climate Change
From Conservation Magazine, a story about our PLoS Biology article documenting the influence of wolves on scavengers as the climate changes. Wolves and other top predators may help other species cope with climate change. Milder winters in Yellowstone National Park...
Wolves’ Leftovers Are Yellowstone’s Gain
From National Geographic, a nice article about our recent work on the effects of gray wolves on scavengers in Yellowstone NP. Amid controversy, gray wolves (Canis lupus) were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995. Now, new studies are hinting at the added...
