The force is strong with the Polaris Project, whose "JEDI" mission for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Arctic research lead...

It's the crack of dawn on a foggy April morning and the herring are running on the Coonamessett River in Falmouth, MA. This beautifully...

I met my first Arctic grayling, the iconic freshwater salmonid of the North, the summer of 1990 while helping test climate change...

While wintery conditions persist on the North Slope of Alaska, where the Arctic grayling fall migration is likely already underway, my...

Recently, I brought ecological principles to 6th graders via a laboratory exercise centered on yogurt! At its core, the field of ecology...

What could be better than sampling Connecticut's most pristine lake with long-term friends, the Snieckuses, on a glorious summer day? My...

G.Eco's educational outreach strives to instill love of nature, scientific inquiry, and sustainability to future generations and fiber...

Moving to our new farm in mid-June didn't leave much time for planting a vegetable garden so I decided to extend my growing season into...

My first research position as a young, budding scientist examined the role of eutrophication, over enrichment of a water body with...

A fishy problem in Mill Pond on Long Island could be causing water quality issues and carp removal could be a solution.

Conservation of tidal marshes, like those of New York's Spring Creek, helps to buffer coastal communities from climate change treats.

Tracking New England River Herring

PIT-tagged Easter eggs help these Falmouth, MA 4th graders simulate river herring migration on the Coonamessett River as part of the...

Ecologists or fish farmers? Yup! From left to right, Cam MacKenzie, Heidi Golden, Linda Deegan, and Mark Urban are now officially...

Back in the “olden days,” if you wanted to assess fish communities, you might set gill nets, fyke nets and traps and hope to capture all...

We always find difficulty predicting the Arctic spring thaw due to the variability of this environment, but knowing when the Arctic...

Overflow on the Kuparuk River portends the onset of spring and its eminent “ice-out.” The ability to either move or adapt will largely...

Heidi Golden shares the FishScape Teams research with Frontier Scientist Frontier Scientists - Videos and texts

Intent on capturing the spring spawning run and collecting and fertilizing Arctic grayling eggs for our local adaptation experiment, we...

The Arctic took a mighty turn today, changing states from solid to liquid faster than conceivably possible.  Often during spring thaw,...