by Katelynn Fleming Today, concerns of species going extinct are on top of the list of conservation efforts. However, it is nice to know that some species can bounce back even after…
by Maimouna Kante Virunga National Park is Africa’s oldest National Park, it is located east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is a UNESCO- designated World Heritage Site. The park…
by Brittany Greve A Chinese space station that has been on track to fall to Earth has finally crashed. Hailey Lara (‘21) said, “It’s kind of scary to think that it could…
by Abigail Mullen On March 19, the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died. He passed away at age 45 due to infections and age-related health problem at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in…
by Violet Wallerstein There are two main types of rabbits that are found in New Jersey, the Eastern cottontail and the New England cottontail. One of our writers spotted two rabbits outside…
by Katelynn Fleming You may be familiar with the aurora borealis, the mesmerizing northern lights, named after the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora, and the Greek god of the north wind,…
by Violet Wallerstein On Wednesday, March 29, the RISE program hosted a guest lecturer as part of their regular lecture series, this one featuring a more biological spin. Dr. Maria Luisa Garcia…
by Maimouna Kante Perhaps if George Powell had not visited Monteverde, it would have been a sight lost to farming in 1972. During one of their visits to Costa Rica, Powell and…
by Colleen Dabrowski With the start of Spring, plant life all across campus should start to bloom. The first sign of the seasons turning has been the early sprouting of daffodils. Daffodils…
by Jesse Murray A group of Italian researchers recently completed a meta-analysis comparing GMO corn variants to their non-GMO counterparts. GMOs are genetically modified organisms. This meta-analysis included over 6,000 peer reviewed…