After studying plants, woody and otherwise, at Colby, John Walden ’07 made his way into an industry where he studies the simplest plants of all: algae. Read more »

Could you live in 144 square feet? This environmental studies major can. Read more »

Trapping bald eagles and golden eagles in Grand Teton National Park and testing them for ingested heavy metals has its risks — and its rewards. Read more »

The effects of different species of beach grass in the formation of dunes is part of an alumna's doctoral research in zoology at Oregon State. Read more »

With the promise of a new, green sector in the Obama era, a biology-environmental science major improvises a green community in Washington, D.C., the Echo reports. Read more »

In the rainforest of Borneo, an anthropologist studies orangutans in hopes of protecting this dwindling species. Read more »

Coming home to the island of North Haven, Maine, this chef has capitalized on the burgeoning local and organic food movements by working almost solely with locally grown and harvested foods. Read more »

A Matter of Trust Read more »

The nation’s top prosecutor for the Department of Justice’s Environmental Crimes Section gets called when cases are of monumental proportions. She is among the most expert of the experts in this area of law. Read more »

Princess of Poop? An authority on  wastewater discharge for Maine's Department of Environmental Protection calls herself just that. Read more »