Ecology

Environment

What NC鈥檚 growing white-tailed deer population means for drivers, hunting and the species鈥� survival

Sharryse Piggott

There are about 1 million white-tailed deer in the state, according to North Carolina wildlife officials.

The recent spate of attacks 鈥� seven since June in North Carolina alone 鈥� has little to do with the shark population off American coastlines. Shark attack, George Burgess says, "is driven by the number of humans in the water more than the number of sharks."

Environment

Study: Sharks off North Carolina's coast have gotten smaller

Celeste Gracia

Researchers started collecting data on 12 species of sharks in 1972 in Onslow Bay. A recently published study analyzing this data found all 12 species appeared physically smaller over the years.

Transitioning from economics to art, this Cameroonian sculptor is inspired by the environment around him.

Arts & Culture

After Nine Years In The Forest, Sculptor鈥檚 Work Melds Technology And Nature

Jennifer Brookland

Jean Michel Dissake was an economics student at the University of Douala in Cameroon when he made a radical shift: He left school and spent the next nine鈥�

Arts & Culture

After Nine Years In The Forest, Sculptor鈥檚 Work Melds Technology And Nature

Jennifer Brookland

Jean Michel Dissake was an economics student at the University of Douala in Cameroon when he made a radical shift: He left school and spent the next nine鈥�

Potato late blight lesion, a fungus-like pathogen on a plant.

Science & Technology

What Happened To The Disease That Caused The Irish Potato Famine?

Laura Candler

New research reveals the disease that wiped out millions of potatoes and led to widespread famine in Ireland is still around, and it鈥檚 more virulent than鈥�

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Ecology