Citizen scientists join university researchers to study Oregon’s marine reserves.
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Year: 2015
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Terra+ Fall 2015
A marine mammal researcher documents an ecosystem that is as fragile and beautiful as it is harsh and unforgiving.
Despite the current restriction of federal funds, the university’s research funding reached its highest level ever last year, totaling $308.9 million. This is a phenomenal achievement!
How did we get to the point where a rainforest in one of the wettest parts of the contiguous United States is able to catch fire?
Ari Friedlaender, an associate professor in the Bio-Telemetry and Behavioral Ecology Lab of OSU’s Marine Mammal Institute, investigates how whales and seals feed, swim, dive, socialize, mate and migrate — what he calls their “behavioral ecology.”
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A Lost Diary, Revealed
“You can see flies that were smashed in notebooks, funny sketches, even drops of blood” in the field notes of Victorian-era explorer David Livingstone newly available online, says Oregon State University historian Megan Ward.