Smithsonian scientists work to ensure survival of North America’s wild orchids
Science Spotlight
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Smithsonian scientists launch 100-year project to examine the future of forests
A century from now researchers will gather data from a forest in Maryland to see how, during the previous 100 years, varying levels of species diversity affected its development and how the forest reacted to...
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Invasive earthworms threaten wild American orchids
Invasive European earthworms could prevent roughly half a North American forest’s orchid seeds from even germinating, ecologists from Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Johns Hopkins University discovered in a new study published online in Annals...
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What will invasive round goby fish do to Great Lakes streams? Join SERC post doc Matt Kornis and find out.
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Small-Whorled Pogonia: Endangered Orchid on the Edge
Small-Whorled Pogonia: Endangered Orchid on the Edge. The small-whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) is endangered 16 of the 20 states where it still appears, earning it the title “rarest orchid east of the Mississippi.”
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Undersea parasite turns male mud crabs female
One such parasite lurks in Chesapeake Bay: an invasive barnacle that hijacks a mud crab’s reproductive system and impregnates it with parasite larvae—even if the crab is male.
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Coral reef emergency: 2,600 scientists call for worldwide rescue
Coral reefs worldwide are being destroyed by changes in ocean temperature and chemistry faster than at any time since the last reef crisis 55 million years ago, thousands of marine scientists warned from the International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns, Australia.
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Global forest science research center moves from Harvard to the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
The move enhances coordination efforts for the 46-plot research network, which partners with more than 75 institutions in 21 countries.
