Back to Field Work in the Big Apple
Our Urban Ecology team has returned to New York City! Over the last week, Amy Savage and Shelby Anderson have been crisscrossing Manhattan, with aspirators [...]
The Climate Inside
Our houses modify the climate around them. In great densities, our houses and other buildings can change weather patterns. Urbanization increases temperatures. It can also [...]
An Important Question From a Citizen Scientist
In this post, our School of Ants guru Lauren Nichols answers a recent query from a family participating in SOA. "Can you tell me why [...]
Dear Students
Last week, we hosted an outstanding group of students from the NC School of Science and Mathematics for a two-day research experience in the lab, [...]
The Day My Cat Went Home
Photo credit: Megan Halpern Recently, my friend Roland Kays, the Director of the Biodiversity Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences approached [...]
Moth Madness!
**Today, we have a special guest post from Chris Goforth, Senior Manager of Citizen Science at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. When she’s not [...]
You haven’t forgotten, have you?
Back in February, we issued a call for help. As Dr. Eleanor had keenly observed while researching species for her Book of Common Ants, Forelius [...]
Summertime Science
For many of us, summer is the season where we can kick back and take a break – whether it’s on the beach or in [...]
Taking a Closer Look at the Dog Data
A few weeks ago we announced the publication of our first research paper from the Wild Life of Our Homes project, based on microbial data [...]
Cicada Collection Pro-Tips
Today, the Your Wild Life team took a cicada safari to Greensboro to collect some dead cicadas for the Urban Buzz project. We figured we [...]
Not All the Bugs in Your Home Are Bad
Today we have another in our series of guest posts by participants in the upcoming meeting on indoor evolution at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center [...]
Dogs Make Me (and You) Wild: Ten Effects of Dogs on Dog People
Yesterday I got a call from the outside world but I said no in thunder. I was a dog on a short chain and now [...]
Time to Meet Your Mites!
May we scrape your face for SCIENCE? I imagine this is not a question one generally expects to be asked when visiting his or her [...]
How Wild is New York City? Reflections from ScioTeen
Today we have a guest post from Andrew Collins. We met Andrew while doing fieldwork on the streets of NYC and have been impressed by [...]
Let Me Introduce You to Your Tiny Neighbors
**Today we have a guest post from the one and only, Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, author of the NEW eBook, Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common [...]