Oregon State University has been awarded $8.8 million to help lead a 3½-year effort to make the volumes of data arising from cancer research more accessible, organized and powerful.
Scientists from OSU, Oregon Health &... more
A unit of wheat is a called a bushel, and a standard weight of potatoes is called a century. But hemp as a fully legal U.S. agricultural commodity is so new that a unit of hemp seed doesn’t yet have a universal name or an agreed-upon... more
Growing vegetables without irrigation may sound farfetched, but two Willamette Valley trials proved crops can be grown in home gardens without a drop of irrigation.
At demonstration gardens in Benton and Marion counties,... more
Biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that devastates gardens and crops, would be more effective in natural areas bordering crops or at times when certain insecticides aren’t being applied, according... more
By this fall, cherry growers in the Northwest should have a site-specific online model to help them determine when they should turn on their wind machines or fire up their orchard heaters, something their grape-growing colleagues have... more
Maude David, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, is part of a two-year $1.94 million grant to identify possible connections between the human... more
A new project launched by Oregon State University (OSU) aims to help spread oliviculture throughout California’s northern neighbor.
The primary objectives of the... more
A new study finds that the low-cost, extreme draining of a reservoir in Oregon aided downstream migration of juvenile chinook salmon – and led to the gradual disappearance of two species of predatory invasive fish in the artificial... more
The Humboldt marten is a species in decline. It's a subspecies of the Pacific marten, similar to cats and foxes and yet not.
While most martens live in forests, there is an isolated population of Humboldt martens living in... more
Susanne Brander, Oregon State University
Pyrethroids are a type of insecticide frequently detected in the San Francisco Bay and Delta (SFBD). They are highly toxic to fishes and may contribute to their... more
As a child growing up in Baltimore, Md., Gail Langellotto always was interested in science. When she took a part-time job in undergrad with an entomologist, her love for insects was sparked. She liked that insects offered her an... more
New Oregon State University research shows that juvenile northern red-legged frogs that have experienced climate-related stress as tadpoles are less likely to move on land, putting their survival at risk.
The findings... more
An Oregon State University research team has landed a $2 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the toxicity of a widely used class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS for... more
With a new scat study, researchers are chipping away at solving a biological mystery on the central Oregon coast: the existence of an isolated population of a small but fierce forest predator that makes its home in the Oregon Dunes... more
To assess differences and trends in personal chemical exposure, Oregon State University researchers deployed chemical-sampling wristbands to individuals on three continents.
After they analyzed the wristbands that were... more
Larval fish have been studied much less but are likely to be more vulnerable to microplastics, as they are to everything else. “Any stressor will likely have more of an impact on early life stages than later life stages,” says... more
“Recent climate change is affecting an entire landscape of terrestrial and wetland ecosystems in a complex manner,” the report found. “As the mix of wetlands shifts towards more saline and fewer freshwater wetlands, waterbirds... more
Though gray whales are known for their annual migration between Alaska and Baja, California, locals can expect to see their spouts at any time of the year.
A new study from Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute... more
A newly discovered parasitic cycle, in which ocean bacteria keep phytoplankton on an energy-sapping treadmill of nutrient detoxification, may offer a preview of what further ocean warming will bring, Oregon State University... more
The Columbus Day Storm that blew into Oregon in October 1962 still ranks as one of the most intense and deadliest in the country. Hazelnut grower Rich Birkemeier’s dad had just purchased his first farm in Canby. The storm toppled two-... more
It looks rather harmless at first glance. With a speckled exterior and a shieldlike shape, the brown marmorated stink bug doesn’t appear to be different from any other six-legged insect that might pop up in your garden. But this... more
Blue whales eat krill — a lot of it, as it’s not easy to power a basketball-court-sized animal weighing as much as 25 elephants. It is estimated to take 2,200 pounds (1 metric ton) of food to fill a blue whale’s stomach, and during... more
A new study suggests that how insecticides are packaged could have an impact on how toxic they are.
Researchers from Oregon State University recently discovered that encasing insecticides in microscopic plastic capsules is... more
On Tuesday night an ecotoxicologist, recycling services education coordinator, and environmental nonprofit policy manager came together in Newport to discuss plastic pollution. The talk was hosted by the local chapter of Surfrider... more
Encasing insecticides in microscopic plastic capsules -- a common formulation for many pest sprays on the market -- could lead to unintended consequences, according to a new study from Oregon State University.
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