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Good Tidings: The History and Ecology of Shellfish Farming in the Northeast

Professor of Biology Barbara Brennessel's new book on the history of the New England shellfish industry.

A sea on a moon of Saturn?

Collins and Goodman suggest there may be a sea of water trapped beneath the icy surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.

The science of teamwork

Professor of Biology Robert Morris and Blair Rossetti '09 discuss the science of teamwork.

Rooting through Wheaton's herbarium

Alexandra ("Lexie") Sabella '08 examines the cabinets that hold Wheaton College's herbarium.

Interdisciplinary trio in genomics publish

Bio-Stats-CompSci trio publish new results on convergent evolutionBio-Stats-CompSci faculty suggest evidence for convergent evolution

Gousie and Milewski '07 highlight errors in digital maps

 Gousie and Milewski '07 highlight errors in digital maps Dr. Mike Gousie and computer science major Sarah Milewski '07 publish their research on digital error visualization

Biology team publishes in Science

 Biology team publishes in Science Professor Morris leads Wheaton contribution to Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Project

Life in Heavy Metal

 Life in Heavy Metal Chemistry Professor Jani Benoit picks up the mercury trail

Diamonds in the Marsh

 Diamonds in the Marsh Dr. Barbara Brennessel publishes her new book on Terrapin Turtles

Galápagos - an icon for ecotourism

 Galápagos - an icon for ecotourism Dr. John Kricher urges serious students of natural history that a visit to the Galápagos is a must

Bacteriocentricity

 Bacteriocentricity Dr. Betsey Dyer's Field Guide: a call to experience the world as bacteria exerience it