GMOS: Fear, Facts, Farms, and Food
This forum was held Wednesday November 19 at 7 PM in the Byrum Welcome
Center of Wake Forest University.
This forum provided information on GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) crops, including how, when, and why they are used.
Questions including the following were answered by a panel of experts:
What Read more »
The New York Times recently featured Dr. David Anderson’s work in the Galapagos on the Blue-footed boobies.
The number of boobies, known for their brightly colored feet and signature mating dance, has dropped by 50 percent in the last 20 years, according to a paper published in the journal Avian Conservation Read more »
From the Charlotte Observer, Feb 9, 2014 by Reid Creager
Sure, it resembles a spider on steroids. But a recently developed flying robot – soon to hover over the Peruvian cloud forest for the first time – has potential benefits for everyone.
About a year and a half ago, a small team Read more »
Several news agencies have published stories recently about unique research conducted by Max Messinger and Miles Silman in the Department of Biology. Dr. Silman’s group is making use of “flying robots” to photograph and measure data from the forest canopy. Messinger is the local expert on how to turn these Read more »
Biology Professor, Miles Silman was featured by WUNC Public Radio science correspondent Justin Catanoso in his feature titled “How Is Climate Change Affecting Tropical Forests?”
Silman is a pilot of sorts for the cause of preserving tropical forests. And he clings to such dark forms of hope in the face of Read more »