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Angela Mech discusses browntail moth removal with News Center
News Center Maine featured Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, to discuss long-term solutions to remove brown tail moth populations. “I just hope that we can find ways to reduce any of those impacts as much as possible.” Said Mech.
Read moreScience News talks with Jacquelyn Gill on ‘wooly mice’
Science News spoke with University of Maine professor of terrestrial paleoecology Jacquelyn Gill on an experiment to de-extinct the wooly mammoth by breeding mice. “I understand why someone would be compelled to see a mammoth,” Gill said. “I’ve never seen my study system in person, right? It only exists in my mind’s eye, because I study […]
Read moreThe Bellingham Herald features James Dill on how to safely remove ticks
The Bellingham Herald highlighted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension video featuring James Dill, extension associate program administrator, pest management: extension professor, on how to safely remove ticks.
Read moreJacquelyn Gill featured in national news on the genetic modification of gray wolves
Jacquelyn Gill, professor of terrestrial paleoecology, was featured in reports from Science.org, Scientific American, Science News, The Next Web and Cyber News on Colossal Biosciences’s genetic modification of gray wolf pups to resemble the dire wolf, an extinct species. “[The pups] don’t have any traits that would allow us to understand the dire wolf any better than we did yesterday,” Gill said, […]
Read moreELH 2024-2025 Awards
Undergraduate Student Awards Graduate Student Awards Faculty and Staff Awards Research Collaboration Award Wild Blueberry Research Team: Brian McGill, Jennifer Perry, Jonathan Malacarne, Lily Calderwood, Philip Fanning, Rachel Schattman, Robson Machado, Sean Birkel, Seanna Annis, Stephanie Miller, Yongjiang Zhang. Biochar Collaborative: Adam Daigneault, Ivan Fernandez, Lily Calderwood, Ling Li, Qing Jin, Seanna Annis, Shane O’Neill, Yongjiang Zhang.
Read moreNews Center Maine features research on ticks and invasive plant species
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/tick-and-lyme/tick-invasive-species-research-solution-maine/97-b9707127-b04e-4d3a-867d-fe0508e1d88a
Read moreABC 8 interviews Angela Mech on spruce budworms
https://www.wmtw.com/article/understanding-the-impact-of-a-spruce-budworm-outbreak/63906552
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Listen to Allie Gardner, the first vector biologist hired at the University of Maine, on the Maine Discover Museum’s Maine Science Podcast!
https://maine-science-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/allison-garder-vector-biology
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