Lesley Evans Ogden

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Lesley Evans Ogden

Treading carefully through yellowing aspen forest in southeastern British Columbia, wildlife scientist Clayton Lamb parts undergrowth with his arms as he looks for a sturdy tree to tether his bear trap to. A tantalizing scent trail has been laid to lure an animal that can range over a thousand square kilometers to this precise spot, outside of the town of Fernie. Lamb’s colleague, wildlife technician Laura Smit, drizzles rotten cow blood through the woods from a red plastic gas can.

1 week ago | knowablemagazine.org | Lesley Evans Ogden

Treading carefully through yellowing aspen forest in southeastern British Columbia, wildlife scientist Clayton Lamb parts undergrowth with his arms as he looks for a sturdy tree to tether his bear trap to. A tantalizing scent trail has been laid to lure an animal that can range over a thousand square kilometers to this precise spot, outside of the town of Fernie. Lamb’s colleague, wildlife technician Laura Smit, drizzles rotten cow blood through the woods from a red plastic gas can.

2 months ago | universityaffairs.ca | Lesley Evans Ogden

Despite increased institutional commitment, experiences of men and women faculty differ starkly. Posted in Illustration by: Valerie Bordeleau About six years ago, Amanda Moehring recalls a meeting where faculty had gathered to discuss student evaluations. To lead off, her male colleague overseeing the meeting began introductions around the table of mainly female participants, referring to each by their first name.

Feb 12, 2025 | nature.com | Lesley Evans Ogden

Nicolas Randazzo is proud of his unusual title: Mars 2020 Perseverance rover postdoctoral scientist. He’s based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, where he works with meteorite geologist Chris Herd. But Randazzo also collaborates with NASA’s Mars rover science team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, and the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas.

Sep 3, 2024 | sciencenews.org | Jason Bittel |Saugat Bolakhe |Lesley Evans Ogden |Carolyn Gramling

Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? “This is a complete shock,” says Anderson, of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries in Raleigh. “We’ve never seen this before.”Porbeagles (Lamna nasus) are large-bodied sharks that look like a cross between a great white (Carcharodon carcharias) and a short-fin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) (SN: 11/10/22).