Action Plan Will Guide Future Zebra Conservation

Earthwatch-supported scientist Dr. Dan Rubenstein co-authors an action plan for the plains zebra, clarifying the species status and highlighting conservation issues

 

Date: 3/19/2003

Earthwatch Sends High School Students into the Field

Seventy-seven students were chosen to join scientific research expeditions across North America

 

Date: 3/12/2003

Dolphin Social Groups Need Closer Look

Earthwatch-supported scientists studying bottlenose dolphins off the Australian coast find that large schools may have more complex associations than usually observed.

 

Date: 2/21/2003

Ancient Hopi Villages Built with Driftwood

An Earthwatch-supported archaeologist finds that driftwood used to construct the historic settlements of Homol'ovi, in northeastern Arizona, holds clues to ancient flood events.

 

Date: 2/14/2003

Elephants Eat Dirt to Supplement Sodium

Earthwatch-supported research on the elephants of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, supports hypothesis that salt licks are used to supplement dietary intake of sodium.

 

Date: 2/7/2003

Hawaiian Stream Diversions Alter Aquatic Ecology

Team members find a loss of certain insects, crustaceans, and snails below the diversion of Iao Stream, Maui, with grave implications for endemic fish.

 

Date: 2/3/2003

Earthwatch Combats Geographic Illiteracy

National Geographic Society Grant will send teachers to conservation hotspots in Brazil and U.S, allowing students to apply global lessons locally.

 

Date: 1/29/2003

Kentucky's Robinson Forest Threatened by Mining

Scientists respond to the University of Kentucky's plan to allow mining in this world-class research forest, site of Earthwatch-supported research on reintroduced elk.

 

Date: 1/10/2003

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