Sustainability

Fire salamander by a mountain stream

Evolution on the Smallest of Scales Smooths Out the Patchwork Patterns of Where Animals and Plants Live

The next time you find yourself counting down the hours for your car to reach its destination, notice the natural patterns scrolling by your window. Many of these patterns reflect the hidden hand of evolution.

A Connecticut state park sign pointing toward a hiking trail

Walk with Me – A Podcast Series to Elevate BIPOC Voices in the Outdoors

Neva Taylor '22 (CLAS) launched a podcast miniseries to explore why many outdoor spaces are unwelcoming to people of color.

A bobcat caught in the night-vision of a wildlife camera near UConn Storrs

Snapshot USA Helps Conservation Efforts By ‘Trapping’ Wildlife on Camera

UConn's Erin Kuprewicz talks about what goes into participating in the largest annual inventory of wildlife in the United States.

Female students in masks taking photos of trees with cell phones in the forst

UConn Program Joins Technology and Nature to Build Conservation Awareness

Area residents are creating 'story maps' of conservation land in Eastern Connecticut as part of UConn's Natural Resources Conservation Academy.

President Theodore Roosevelt and conservationist John Muir (to the President's left) in Yosemite Valley, California, 1903

Op-Ed: American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About Conservation

The racist assumptions underlying early US environmentalism have had far-reaching effects.

A European Grasslands butterfly, which has seen a 49 percent population drop in recent years, according to new research.

UConn Expertise Featured in the World Wide Fund for Nature’s Living Planet Report 2020

UConn expertise is featured in a new international report about declining wildlife populations.

a man speaking in a microphone

Summer Undergraduate Researcher Harry Zehner ’21 (CLAS)

UConn Senior Harry Zehner is putting his passion about climate change into a research project on carbon pricing.

Woman wearing a real anti-smog face mask and checking current air pollution with smart phone app

Explore the Nexus of Climate Change and Public Health in CIRCA’s New Webinar Series

A new, free series of webinars explores the connections between climate change and public health.

New data show Connecticut’s black bear population is highest in the state’s outermost suburbs, which provide the refuge of large hardwood forests and a scattering of homes close enough so that a tasty snack is only a short distance away. (Photo courtesy of Tracy Rittenhouse)

Summer Undergraduate Researcher Mari Cullerton ’21 (CAHNR)

The UConn rising senior is researching secondary mortality agents in forests.

UConn Research: More Carbon in the Ocean Can Lead to Smaller Fish

As the world's oceans absorb more carbon from human activity, one result could be smaller fish, according to UConn researchers.