Animals respond to diurnal shifts in their environment with a combination of behavioral, physiological, and molecular changes to synchronize with regularly-timed external[...]

Global estimates of salt marsh degradation and loss are between 20-50% by the end of the century especially in Southern Louisiana where this loss is currently one of the [...]

The urban heat island (UHI) has been documented to increase urban air temperatures compared to rural areas, but little is known about the effects of UHI-induced meteorolo[...]

According to the Rubber Manufacture Association about 230.7 million scrap tires are generated in the United States every year. Reduction of scrap tire disposal, through r[...]

Cathemerality is a unique and flexible activity pattern found mostly in lemurs. Cathemeral lemurs exhibit relatively evenly distributed activity across the 24-hour period[...]

Many species of cnidarians live in habitats where fluctuations in abiotic factors can happen rapidly and it is crucial to have molecular mechanisms to tolerate these fluc[...]

The quality and quantity of water in degraded watersheds (i.e.: watersheds undergoing changing land-use, urbanization, agricultural use) may be impaired compared to undis[...]

Traditional invertebrate biomonitoring has low taxonomic resolution, low accuracy, and is plagued with human error and biases. Molecular monitoring, using environmental D[...]

Rocks at Earth’s surface experience progressive damage due to exposure to environmental conditions. Although environmental damage to rocks is recognized as being time-dep[...]

The "Urban Stream Syndrome" is a term that refers to a group of predictable negative impacts to stream ecosystems due to the alteration of the natural hydrologic regime t[...]