“It’s Chernobyl out there,” says one fisherman.
“We can’t only protect the cute and cuddly animals. They all deserve to be protected.”
“Humans are affecting wild populations, so we’re trying to make amends. A life is a life.”
Volunteer scientists scour the great Rhode Island outdoors so we can learn more about the world around us.
When Jean Williams discovered a blood-red beetle with long black antennae consuming the lilies in her Wakefield garden a decade ago, she recognized it at once as an invasive insect she had just learned about in a master gardener class. University of Rhode Island researchers had been on the lookout for the new invader, which until then had not been…
When police and the bomb squad found no evidence to explain the cause of the mysterious explosion beneath the sand at Salty Brine State Beach a year ago this month, they turned to a quiet scientist at the University of Rhode Island. Arthur Spivack describes himself as an oceanography generalist who uses chemistry and physics to understand the big questions…
The bright orange tackle box in the back of Charles Brown’s state-owned pickup truck is filled with all sorts of lures, none of which have anything to do with fishing. Instead, like the shelves in a chemistry lab, it contains small, colorful bottles of murky liquids emitting unappetizing aromas. With names like Cat-man-doo, Gusto and Cat Fancy, their contents are…
