Never-before-seen behavior culminates in a synchronized zap of eels’ prey, raising new questions about how they communicate — ScienceDaily
Deep in the Brazilian Amazon River basin, scientists led by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History fish research associate C. David de Santana discovered a small, river-fed lake filled with more than 100 adult electric eels, many of which were upwards of 4 feet long. On its own, this was an intriguing discovery, electric […]
Raising Our Voices for Diversity in the Geosciences
Almost 50 years ago, in June 1972, attendees at the First National Conference on Minority Participation in Earth Sciences and Mineral Engineering [Gillette and Gillette, 1972] held one of the first formal discussions on the lack of diversity in the geosciences. Unfortunately, despite the many conversations since then addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion […]
