BRI contributed Bald Eagle tracking data to a new study published in Science, which evaluates how human presence and landscape development influence animal movements. š¦ š¾ Researchers from UC Santa Barbara, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, and Yale University led the study, which analyzed animal movement data from 37 bird and [...]
By Deborah McKew, Editor-in-Chief, BRI Publications Secretarybird Close-up The Secretarybird demands attention, especially with those feather spikes crowning its head. In the late 1800s, when European travelers in Africa first saw these birds, they were reminded of the attire of the scribes (or secretaries) of the dayāmen who wore gray tailcoats [...]
Vol 3. Issue 3. October 2025 Building on Momentum By Allison Foster, Communications Coordinator In his seminal work Meteorology, Aristotle coined the term āquicksilverā to describe mercury. Since antiquity, humans have exploited this liquid metal for its unique characteristicsāit is a good conductor of electricity, forms alloys with other metals, is sensitive to [...]
Vol 3. Issue 2. April 2025 Polar (opposite) Research: Lessons learned from two scientists working from the farthest reaches of the globe By Sarah Dodgin, Ecological Analyst The cryosphere describes the frozen parts of the earth, which includes glaciers, ice sheets, snow, and permafrost. While these areas sound desolate and void of life, [...]
Vol 3. Issue 1. January 2025 The True Cost of Gold By Deborah McKew, Communications and Publications Director Ancient Beginnings A tragic hero, a mythical ram, an impossible task. Could this be the origin story of small-scale gold mining? A water-powered ball-mill in West Java Ā© Lauren diBiccari The Greek myth [...]
Trends in Richness and Occupancy of Ugandan Birds and Relation to Local Tree Cover Changes in vegetation cover are occurring across sub-Saharan Africa and can have substantial effects on ecological communities, but limited data make understanding status and trends difficult for many taxa. This paper explores bird survey data from time to detection surveys [...]
Vol 2. Issue 2. August 2024 Protecting Maineās Coastal Treasures: Vital Conservation Efforts for Common Eiders By Allison Foster, Science Communications Coordinator Spending a sunny day on a boat in Casco Bay isnāt a bad summer job, at least not for BRI biologists Helen Yurek and Logan Route. On a Thursday morning, we loaded [...]
Protecting Maine's Coastal Treasures: Vital Conservation Efforts for Common Eiders By Allison Foster, Science Communications Coordinator Spending a sunny day on a boat in Casco Bay isnāt a bad summer job, at least not for BRI biologists Helen Yurek and Logan Route. On a Thursday morning, we loaded up into a boat to [...]
BRIās Jeff Morris of the NRDA Consulting Group co-chaired a NRDA session at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 45th Annual Meeting. Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) is a science-based legal process for determining the type and magnitude of injury to public natural resources caused by the release of hazardous [...]
BRI was recently highlighted in Mainebiz. The article discussed the current expansion of BRI, featuring the recent groundbreaking ceremony and growth of the collaborative research programs. āThis groundbreaking ceremony is more than a gesture to mark the addition to our office building,ā said David Evers, the instituteās founder, executive director and chief scientist. āThis [...]
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