Biodiversity Research Institute to Lead Avian Research on $7.5 M Grant from the Department of Energy Grant Will Fund Study of Offshore Wind Energy’s Impacts on Sea Life Portland, ME— Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) is part of a collaborative team, led by Duke University, that has received a total of $7.5 million to assess [...]
BRI is pleased to announce that James D. Paruk, Ph.D., professor of biology at Saint Joseph’s College, has recently published Loon Lessons. This book showcases the loon's biology in an accessible and entertaining style. The reader will gain "a deeper understanding of this beautiful and mysterious bird’s natural history and annual life cycle." Dr. Paruk is [...]
BRI's research is included in a published collaborative study to understand how risk factors affect migratory bird populations across their annual cycle. For example, disease outbreaks may happen on the breeding grounds, the wintering grounds, or during migration and are expected to accelerate under climate change. The ability to identify the geographic origins of [...]
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