Jared Homola, PHD Student, University of Maine As the days get shorter and temperatures dip, much of the natural world is undergoing seasonal rites of passage in preparation for the often-challenging winter. For instance, some small mammals will lower their metabolic rates during the winter, allowing them to survive during these [...]

By Diane Dunham, Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Maine and Carly Eakin, Graduate Researcher, University of Maine Common Raccoon Nearly everyone is familiar with the masked face of the raccoon. They are a common sight during the summer here in Maine. Because they will eat almost anything, they are highly adaptable. [...]

Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr., Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Libra Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Maine Last week four members of the Of Pools and People team traveled to Montpellier, France, to participate in the International Congress for Conservation Biology and European Congress for Conservation Biology, for which we [...]

Krista Capps, Assistant Professor, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia & Assistant Research Scientist, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory The Of Pools and People team is organizing special session at the 100th anniversary meeting for the Ecological Society of America in August 2015. The session is entitled “Environmental problem-solving in coupled natural [...]

Jared Homola, Ph.D. student, University of Maine Understanding how animals move across a landscape is important to the Of Pools and People research team, as well as ecologists studying populations of many other animals. For decades, researchers have used direct tagging methods that physically mark individual animals to learn about [...]