What is beaver-based restoration and how can it help us? A Science Pub lecture with Meg Waller, Environmental Scientist, and Restoration Program Manager with Bark. About the Lecture Climate change […]
Insects are essential to life on Earth, but insect populations are in trouble. However, there is hope in our own yards. There are many things you can do to make a real difference in improving insect biodiversity right where you live. Our gardens can host an astonishing variety of insect life—if we provide the habitat, […]
A special Science Pub lecture in concert with the release of Dr. Prescod-Weinstein’s newest book, The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie. About the Lecture Drawing […]
There is no animal we’re more aware of having as neighbors as the American Crow. Loud, ubiquitous, and immediately recognizable, most Portlanders will see crows every day. And yet, there […]
A moth, a flea, a mosquito… Insects are seldom mentioned in history texts, yet they significantly shaped human history. For example: * Silkworms (moths) have been farmed to produce silk […]
A vast and delightfully diverse journey through the sex lives of animals. For too long, science has ignored and obscured the multiplicity of animal sexual behavior. With vivid, often funny, […]
Every winter, the amphibians of northwest Portland enter a real-life game of Frogger. Most drivers on U.S. Route 30 never notice the small, slimy critters leaping across the asphalt on […]
As the climate emergency worsens and biodiversity shrinks, we humans get used to it—we adapt, we normalize, we forget. Scientists call this “shifting baseline syndrome” and warn that it’s why […]
