
The amazing ecosystem engineer of Southwest Virginia: The bluehead chub
An engineering marvel is being constructed right now in a creek in Southwest Virginia.

An engineering marvel is being constructed right now in a creek in Southwest Virginia.

After canceling last year’s program because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the Fralin Life Sciences Institute returns as 20 students embark on a full summer of research.

Southwest Virginia landowners can learn more about actively managing their forestland during the Beginning Forest Landowners’ Retreat, planned for Aug. 27-28 at the Matthews State Forest in Galax.

Plastics have invaded most of our world today, but oftentimes you cannot even see them.

The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending May 23 follows.

The Humane Society Legislative Fund, the nation’s leading political advocacy organization for animal welfare, has announced its endorsement of Mark Herring for reelection as attorney general of Virginia.

Even though the spectacle typically starts in May, this year millions of cicadas came out as early as March. Researchers believe they were erroneously triggered by a warming-induced “false spring.”

The Virginia Tech Policy Destination Area launched its interdisciplinary graduate certificate program, Science, Technology and Engineering in Policy, in the midst of the COVID pandemic.

Arts Council of the Valley announces its Spring 2021 Advancing the Arts grant awards, providing a total of $12,436 to 10 recipients.

A study that examined waterways in Accomack County has revealed the rapid expansion of poultry operations in the county has had no detectable effects on local water quality.
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