Wake Forest Biology Professor T. Michael Anderson was featured on the Candian Broadcasting Company’s program “Quirks and Quarks” with Bob McDonald. McDonald’s interview with Dr. Anderson contains an entertaining and informative discussion with Dr. Anderson. The program can be heard here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-51-quirks-and-quarks The Science Publication Dr. Anderson and his colleagues published an article in Science…
Need a quick listen? We’ve got a nice piece of science journalism and human interest story combined. Podcast host Elena Marsh interviewed Peter Weigl on his career and his stewardship of Wake Forest University’s Vertebrate Collection. Weigl reflects on his career as a Biologist along with the many research uses of the Vertebrate Collection. Its…
A piece in Scientific American that covers a new global assessment of tree biodiversity shows that there are roughly 9,200 tree species yet to be discovered, suggesting that the world’s woods may hold more secrets than previously imagined. According to recent research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA on Monday, the…
Dr. Miles Silman echoed Bobby Hege, the lakes program supervisor for the City of Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks that is overseeing the construction at Salem Lake, in the WFDD article by stating that many Piedmont area lake ecosystems are very resilient when it comes to disturbances because Salem Lake is man-made. If you think about…
Dr. David Anderson WFU Biology professor was quoted in a New York Times feature article on Climate Change and its effect on wildlife. “As Seas Warm, Galapagos Islands Face a Giant Evolutionary Test.” by Nicholas Casey and Josh Haner. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/18/climate/galapagos-islands-ocean-warming.html
Cassie Freund was recently featured in a radio interview with the CBC. She studies Tropical Forest Ecology and Biodiversity. Cassie recently published a very popular article at “Massive Science” titled “What Pokemon GO can teach Conservationists about Public Engagement” (reference: link) Cassie talks about Pokemon GO’s massive popularity and some ideas to leverage similar “gamification”…
GMOS: Fear, Facts, Farms, and Food This forum was held Wednesday, November 19, at 7 PM in the Byrum Welcome Center of Wake Forest University. This forum provided information on GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) crops, including how, when, and why they are used. Questions including the following were answered by a panel of experts: What…
By WILL FERGUSON Office of Communications and External Relations Victoria Erb stood in the back of the boat with her classmates and watched three sharks cut through the crystal clear water of Belize’s Great Blue Hole. The senior biology major then did the one thing the vast majority of people in this situation absolutely would not…
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