Scientists like to use the word discover, as if they suddenly know something that has never been known, witnessed, thought…
Northern White Cedar
Some things are so familiar, so common, that they are often overlooked. Such is the case with northern white cedar…
A new age of barnacles
Do you know where you belong? How do you decide to “settle down” and make a home? For answers, consider…
Tracking the health of Acadia’s lakes
Covering 7.5 percent of Acadia National Park, lakes here are unique for their coastal mountainous setting. Scant minerals shed by…
Emerald of the hollows
To find the Quebec emerald, wait for the last week of June. From then until about the middle of August,…
The changing climate of Atlantic salmon
by Catherine Schmitt Fisheries scientists and managers convened virtually in January to learn about the latest research on salmon and…
Cycles of snow and brush
Somewhere right now, in the dense spruce-fir forest of northern Maine, a wild cat is stalking a white hare. The…
Wabanaki science in Acadia
The Wabanaki, People of the Dawn—the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot—have lived in the Acadia region since time immemorial. Through…
American eels on the move in autumn
Fall’s cooling temperatures signal many changes. Among the least visible, but most incredible, is the migration of the American eel.…
Island Forests
Maine island forests share many characteristics with the great North Woods that stretch across the northern tier of the continent.…
Catherine Schmitt 