Tag: science

Moss Animals

It looks like something that crawled out of a swamp movie, but this jelly-firm blob is just quietly cleaning the water.

9/2/2017•Nome Buckman•1 min read

Fish Slime

That slick coating on every trout you release isn't just mess on your hands, it's doing real work. Here's what fish slime actually protects against.

6/30/2017•Alisha Saley•5 min read

No Fish

A Wisconsin trout stream looks pristine, but underneath the surface a fight over nutrients, algae and oxygen is quietly reshaping who gets to live there.

6/1/2016•Alisha Saley•6 min read

Mercury & Dragonflies

A biologist looks past the fly pattern to ask what's really living in the streambed, and what it's carrying.

12/15/2015•Megan Hess•4 min read

Wild

A fish's ear bone holds its whole life story, and researchers are learning to read it to trace steelhead back to the streams where they hatched.

9/15/2015•Nicole Watson•4 min read