Biggest Bigleaf Maple Leaf Yet
Kelsey Scherer, an Adventure Scientists volunteer from Washington State has just sent in a sample from the biggest bigleaf maple leaf yet seen in our Timber Tracking project. Since it's the DNA inside the leaf that we and our partners at the World Resources...
#Pollinators2018 on Facebook Live With National Geographic!
Photo by Louise Johns If you've ever wondered what it's like to experience the Adventure Scientists Conserving Biodiversity: Pollinators project first-hand in the field, here's your chance. Project Manager and butterfly expert Michelle Toshack showed the world how it...
Healthy Planet, Healthy Humans: How Extreme Data Collection Can Help Us All
Collecting scat in the search for the genes responsible for antibiotic resistance while on a big-wall climbing trip in Greenland. Photo by Mike Libecki In advance of the 2018 Spotlight Health at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen Public Radio is engaging in conversation...
Passing Through Can Leave a Strong Impression: Make It a Good One
Fidgit following Qhapaq Ñan footpaths worn in the Pucará District. Soon after, we passed ways with a young family, coming back with their animals. Photo by Lauren Reed By: Bethany HughesBethany "Fidget" Hughes and Lauren "Neon" Reed are traversing the length of...
Earth Day 2018: Focus on Plastic Pollution
Some 90% of plastic products that are made are simply thrown away. In concentrated landfills they can be somewhat controlled, but in smaller dumps (legal or illegal) they can easily be dispersed, and often make their way into waterways and out to the ocean. Photo by...
Pollinators Project: Seeing Another Realm Through Science
Blooming thistles are a favorite stop for butterflies of many species. Photo by Stacey McClure This spring and summer, we're recruiting old and new Adventure Scientists volunteers to join our Conserving Biodiversity: Pollinators project. The mission is simple: get...
Getting Good Work Done With Government Agencies and the Public Lands Alliance
Joshua Tree National Park, site of one of the Public Lands Alliance conference field trips. Photo courtesy Public Lands Alliance By Aisling Force, Adventure Scientists Project Creation CoordinatorAdventure Scientists has been a part of more than a hundred...
First Underwater Footage of Rare Type D Killer Whales
Photo by Gregg Treinish While serving as a Global Perspectives guest speaker on board a Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Antarctic tour in December, our founder and executive director, Gregg Treinish joined a shipful of thrilled travelers when the crew spotted...
Two Years Into a Walk Up the Americas
A portrait of the pair, taken by Fede Cabrera on his "Their Only Portrait" project. PC: Fede Cabrera By: Bethany HughesBethany "Fidget" Hughes and Lauren "Neon" Reed are traversing the length of the Americas by non motorized means, connecting stories of the land...
What We Found in West Virginia’s Headwaters
Dylan Jones rinses a bottle in preparation for his first sample on Red Creek, a popular backpacking destination in the Dolly Sods Wilderness. Red Creek, Dolly Sods Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest. PC: Frank Slider By: Dylan JonesMy mind raced as I picked my...