NBI Science Showcase is Here: Come Explore Nantucket with Us!
The Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative (NBI) represents conservation organizations, naturalists, and researchers from across the island (including the Nantucket Conservation Foundation!) and every other we come together and invite the public…
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Autumn Lore and International Bat Week
Autumn Lore by Kathleen Jenks As autumn returns to earth’s northern hemisphere, and day and night are briefly, but perfectly, balanced at the equinox, may we remember anew how fragile…
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Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative’s Science Showcase Event – June 7-13, 2021
We are happy to share that the Science and Stewardship team at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation will be participating in a very exciting collaborative event next week as part of…
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Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative: Understanding Nantucket’s Unique Biodiversity
While island’s various conservation organizations each have a slightly different niche, one commonality is that they each have science-minded folks on staff with a great diversity of talents and an…
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Northern long-eared bats call Nantucket home!
The Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative (NBI) is a collaboration of scientists from local conservation organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions. One of our main goals is to support and facilitate biodiversity…
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Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative’s Citizen Science Event
Who’s your Scientist?!! Over the weekend of June 10-12th, the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative invites you to participate in our Citizen Science Weekend to learn more about the research that is being conducted…
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Garlic Mustard: Friend or Foe in the Battle Against Deer Ticks?
Recently I heard a provocative statement to the effect that “garlic mustard is Mother Nature’s way of getting rid of deer ticks.” Naturally I needed to find out more. Could this actually…
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Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative and the Biennial Research Conference!
The Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative is a group built of members of all of the various conservation, research, and ecology groups on Nantucket. For such a small island, there are a…
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What’s New in Nature: Queen Anne’s Lace
Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) Flowering July-August A colonist from Europe, Queen Anne’s Lace is a familiar sight in old fields and along roadsides and can be found throughout Nantucket. …
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Report Nantucket Bat Sightings!
GOT BATS? We want to hear of your sightings! Zara Dowling, a graduate student at UMass-Amherst, received a research grant from the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative this spring to study and…
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