A Day in the Life: Behind the Scenes on Sapelo Island

It is hard to put into words how exciting and simultaneously peaceful life is in this hidden corner of the world. The best we can hope to do is take you along for a regular day GCE LTER…make sure to slather yourself with sunscreen!

Fall 2025 Young Voices of Science Program

The Young Voices of Science program consists of a series of expert-led workshops, each designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world, and provide a launch pad for public engagement, early in their scientific careers.

LTER at ESA, 2025

LTER has an outsized presence at ESA, and this year is no different. See all the LTER talks here.

Morning in the Midnight Sun

Fairbanks, Alaska isn’t always the snow-covered tundra that most of us in the lower 48 would imagine. Eleanor Serocki covers a summer at the Bonanza Creek LTER.

Ecology: The Science of Resiliency

Our circumstances have changed a lot in the last six months, leaving many US scientists feeling uncertain about the future. But the practice of addressing and reacting to the new challenges is something ecologists are very used to.

Boxes and boxes of bees—a Sevilleta LTER dataset highlight

Boxes and boxes of bees Humble beginnings The magnitude of an extensive specimen collection doesn’t really hit until you see it. At the University of Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology, research scientist Jade McLellan pulls out one box of bee after another. There are shelves stacked to the ceiling. Some boxes are labeled with things… Read more »