The Argentine ant is likely the most successful invasive species in California. But a 30-year dataset from Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve suggests they’re not invincible.
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History
Y tú, de dónde eres?
After re-learning natural history, an ecologist returns home — and sees something new.
Summer Issue 2019
A Trout Reclaims a River
A year ago, Stanford University began removing the 120-year-old Lagunita Diversion Dam on San Francisquito Creek, which flows through Palo Alto and Menlo Park. As a result, last spring was the first migration season in over a century wherein California … Read more
Wildlife
The Efficient Beauty of Starfish Larvae
A sea star baby creates complicated, beautiful water patterns — and a team of Stanford scientists looks for an explanation.
Fall Issue 2016
Stanford Paleoecologist Elizabeth Hadly Takes on the Future
Stanford University paleoecologist Elizabeth Hadly, an advisor to Governor Jerry Brown and the new faculty director of the Jasper Ridge Ecological Reserve, looks into the deep past to unlock the future.
Climate Change, El Niño
El Niño Means It’s Warmer Than Usual. Take Away the El Niño? That’s Warmer Than Usual, Too.
The focus on 2015’s record heat conceals a larger truth: cool years are increasingly unlikely.
Climate Change, El Niño, Water
Today in El Niño Advice: Don’t Worry About The Blob
The Pacific Ocean is the hottest we’ve ever seen it. What that means — or doesn’t — for the coming El Niño.
Summer Issue 2015
First Person: Watching the Weather with Daniel Swain
Climate scientist Daniel Swain runs the California Weather Blog, a must-read for weather nerds. He’s most famous, though, for something he did almost as an afterthought: He’s the one who gave the name “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge” to the pattern that’s being blamed for our three years of drought.
Fall Issue 2014
Was California’s Extreme Drought Part of Our New Climate Normal?
Was California’s record-breaking 2013-2015 drought a window into the future?
Winter Issue 2014
What Are the Strengths of the World’s Most Successful Invasive Ant?
Argentine ants are much less aggressive toward other Argentine ants than they are toward other species. They share information, resources, and trails; they are so cooperative with each other they appear to function as a single colony, with many queens and many nests.
