Watershed Watch, sponsored by the URI Cooperative Extension, is recruiting new volunteers to serve as site monitors. No experience is required, but volunteers are asked to have one to two hours a week available at a time convenient for them to dedicate towards monitoring.

University of Rhode Island landscape architecture design studio was recently honored by the Rhode Island chapter of the American Planning Association for a proposed redesign of downtown Woonsocket along the banks of the Blackstone River.

The Champlin Foundation has awarded $563,706 to the University of Rhode Island for advanced technologies that will enhance learning for students in a variety of disciplines.

Nearly 600 people have tuned in to watch the sixth annual Rhode Island Food System Summit hosted by the University of Rhode Island. Held Jan. 20.

Seafood is scary to many kids (and adults) in the United States, but when prepared well, it is both nutritious and delicious.

As aquaculture operations expand in Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island’s salt ponds, questions have arisen about how ducks and geese are affected by the facilities.

University of Rhode Island senior Faith Brown has taken the first steps in the process by investigating these microscopic organisms to learn what varieties are found in the bay.

A wildlife biologist at the University of Rhode Island has observed a significant growth in the local population of white-footed mice this year, which could increase Lyme disease risk next year while also providing additional food to area predators and increasing the likelihood that homeowners find mice in their basements.

Miller found the bird – a species never previously observed in the Ocean State – during an all-day event he organized in which dozens of local birders sought rare birds along the Rhode Island coast.

A University of Rhode Island graduate student is taking the first steps in addressing many questions by surveying the state to identify local populations of the turtle and the habitat they require from season to season.