Hudson Canyon at Explorers Club

A Dive into Hudson Canyon: New York’s Atlantic Secret The Wildlife Conservation Society, The New York Aquarium, and The Explorers Club invite you to a dive into Hudson Canyon –…

Jesse awarded an honorary doctorate

…reported on Jesse’s address (p. F5) Oceans speak volumes. Sound spreads widely in the world’s oceans, and the clamour of human activity reaches every cove, says Jesse Ausubel, director of…

Secret Forests of El Salvador

the Tread of Population on the Land: American Examples and How Much Will Feeding More and Wealthier People Encroach on Forests?. A standard refrain was, “Maybe in the USA but…

Barcoding in Biology Textbook

Kate Stoeckle’s 2008 high school DNA barcoding project, dubbed “Sushi-gate“, is featured in the latest edition of McGraw-Hill textbook, Biology. Here is the excerpt from the book….

NY Times again per K&L

Sushigate continues! The discovery of inaccurately labeled fish by Kate Stoeckle and Louisa Strauss (see 22 August 2008 What’s New entry) evoked a NY Times sequel story where chefs claimed…

National Cockroach Project (NCP)

…of American cockroaches living together in New York City. Like New Yorkers, cockroaches differ by neighborhood. We are continuing to solicit contributions from citizen scientists and hope to learn more…