The Role of Wildlife Disease in Conservation Biology

This was a lecture given (in an undergraduate course) as an overview of wildlife disease concepts and impacts on species conservation.

Hard farming in the high country

It’s hard to imagine the person power involved in forming and farming terraced gardens around 5,000+ ft elevation, on slopes reaching 60 degree angles!
Ancient religions rise out of the thin air of Kathmandu

Ask a Nepali whether he/she is Hindu or Buddhist, and the answer you are likely to get is simply “yes”.
Yum Luquillo

It’s easy to eat like a tourist at the Latin fusion gastro pubs of Old San Juan. It’s fun to eat like a local at the kiskos in Luquillo.
Saps Making Syrup

As the cold Midwestern winter gives way to crisp spring chill, the sap starts flowing and the saps make for the maple forest.
The Winter that Never Was…

A long winter without snow, part of a long trend of warming in the Midwest.