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A Feeling for Family

hen Shelley Jordon was a little girl growing up in Brooklyn, she got in trouble for pulling her mother’s books off the shelves and drawing in the white spaces. Her need to create was so strong that she couldn’t resist, despite knowing her mom would be angry.

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Summer of Science

Take a hike! Summer may have arrived a bit late in the Pacific Northwest, but you can make up for lost time by exploring Oregon through OSU’s Summer of Science Google map.

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Of Salmon, Sculpin and Stone Flies — Looking into Lookout Creek

It was HJA Day, the annual field day which this year drew about 150 scientists, students, writers, foresters and community members to witness the exciting ecosystem research that makes H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest one of the crown jewels of the National Science Foundation’s network of long-term ecological research sites.

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Life underground persists after severe forest fires

nother piece of conventional wisdom about severe forest fires appears to be falling.

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Surprise!

Scott Baker had no idea that when he agreed to participate in the making of a documentary about a dolphin slaughter in Japan, that the movie would win an Academy Award.

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Deja vue on climate change

OSU climate scientist Phil Mote and colleagues are calling attention to the need for a national strategy to adapt to climate change.