ecologist

A 68-year-old ecologist in New York has claimed that his immune system kills ticks that bite him.Richard Ostfeld has spent decades studying the critters in the Hudson Valley and been bitten hundreds of times.The many pricks have, according…

King Charles III was mocked in the past as an eccentric for championing organic farming, and so demonstrating his continuing commitment his coronation will be steeped in symbols of nature and the environment. But…

A renowned forest ecologist from B.C. is defending her research on how trees communicate after a citation review claims there is insufficient evidence to support her work.Suzanne Simard, a forest ecology professor from the University of…

Marcel Dicke already knew that insects are an excellent source of protein for humans, but he didn't expect to learn that they have such a positive impact on plants. In an Opinion paper published on March 2 in the journal Trends in Plant…

Iain Phillips almost didn't make it to our interview. He was heading back to his home in Saskatoon when a "beautiful caddisfly" — a moth-like insect often used to model fishing flies — flew past his car window. "I nearly had a car…

New research from the University of Alberta says the Canadian Rockies may be losing one of their most iconic features — those brilliant turquoise alpine lakes. "This summer the heat domes in Western Canada really have accelerated the rate…

With additional research by Gretel Kahn. R. Murray Schafer, the eminent Canadian composer, writer and acoustic ecologist who popularized the term "soundscape," died on Aug. 14 following a struggle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 88. The…