Come celebrate National Trails Day on Sunday June 8 2025 11AM-1PM at the Rutgers EcoPreserve. There will be guided hikes of varying duration and abilities, including on the handicap accessible trail. Free, no sign up needed. Parking at EcoPreserve Parking lot Road 3, Livingston Campus.
Doctoral candidate Heidi Herb showing off a mouse hotel, part of a tick research program. Ticks can transmit a variety of pathogens that can make people ill, including the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and the blood parasite that causes babesiosis. These pathogens persist in the environment in wildlife hosts. One of the most important reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens in the northeastern United States is the white-footed mouse, which is commonly found in forests. Researchers at the Center for Vector…
The Rutgers EcoPreserve provides wonderful opportunities for watching a variety of bird species no matter the season. Several years ago, undergraduate student Liam Fleisher established a bird feeding station near the Avenue E Roundabout EcoPreserve trailhead kiosk to provide visitors the opportunity to observe birds at a close distance. After going quiet for a year, the bird feeding station is (is or soon will be) back in business. Jade Tollis along with a team of Undergraduate students and the Rutgers…
Photo of Dekay’s brown snake trying to cross the road; by Tianqi Huang, PhD student Rutgers Ecology & Evolution Program Oftentimes, population ecology of herpetofauna is overlooked in the existing body of literature due to their elusive and secretive nature. However, some reptile species tend to occur at high densities in urbanized environments and can be frequently encountered, which renders them good model organisms to explore various aspects of reptile population ecology. Tianqi Huang, PhD student in Rutgers Ecology &…