Para la Naturaleza takes its wood rescue efforts throughout the island
Fallen trees are now part of the urban and rural landscapes demolished by hurricanes Irma and María in Puerto Rico. The environmental organization Para la
Hurricane Maria stripped Puerto Rico’s forests bare. Now conservationists and scientists are working to replenish them
When Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico last September, the physical destruction was not limited to houses, buildings, the electricity grid and other infrastructure. The
A strategic alliance was established to monitor Aedes aegypti mosquito populations
San Juan – The Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust (FCTIPR in its Spanish acronym), in alliance with Para La Naturaleza, will put into
‘One in a million’ yellow cardinal spotted in Alabama
An extremely rare cardinal has birders and biologists flocking to Shelby County, Alabama this week, as images of a yellow cardinal have circulated around social
College students plant and lift their voices of hope up to the mountains
While the greater part of Puerto Rico’s communities are still coping with no power and water services, college students from the University of Puerto Rico
Half of Puerto Rico’s housing was built illegally.
Gladys Peña built a home the way many thousands of people in Puerto Rico, maybe most, did for decades: in makeshift fashion. Every week for
Hurricane Maria killed 30 pct. of trees in some parts of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Feb 5 (efe-epa).- Hurricane Maria killed 30 percent of the trees in some parts of Puerto Rico, according to the preliminary results of
Making a Crypto Utopia in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, P.R. — They call what they are building Puertopia. But then someone told them, apparently in all seriousness, that it translates to “eternal
Flamencos sighting: a sign that our wetlands are recovering?
Since they were kids, Jean Carlos Díaz and Emmanuel Penzol have loved birds and nature. Currently, they study Wildlife Management at the University of Puerto
Post-María, A Key Ecosystem In Puerto Rico Faces Slow Recovery
Grizelle González is an ecologist who’s worked at El Yunque National Forest for 25 years — first as a student and then as a researcher
How citizen science changes the world
In 1994, Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act, designating Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday as a national day of
USDA to invest $2.9 million in 7 new forest projects
USDA will invest nearly $32 million this year to mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality and restore healthy forest ecosystems in 24 states and Puerto