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Plague of Spotted Lanternflies From China Set To Invade the US

Staff

Jun 11, 2026

MLB Expansion Buzz Grows in Raleigh as Canes Make Playoff Push and Captivate City

ABC 11
Michael Edwards, professor of sport management, discusses the opportunities and challenges Raleigh faces in its bid to bring Major League Baseball to North Carolina.

Jun 8, 2026

Will the FIFA World Cup Be the Economic Bonanza US Cities Were Promised?

Al Jazeera
Michael Edwards, professor of sports management, talks about how economic, social and political pressures threaten to undercut the economic boom that FIFA World Cup organizers and host cities once expected.

Jun 4, 2026

From Poplars to Pistachios, Afghans Rediscover the Value of Trees

Al-Monitor
Mohammad Nasir Shalizi, research assistant professor of forestry and environmental resources, explains that around 50% of Afghanistan's forest cover was lost from the 1979 Soviet invasion until the fall of the first Taliban government in the early 2000s.

May 28, 2026

Surveying Wildlife Along Lewis and Clark’s Route, 220 Years Later

Science Friday
Roland Kays, research professor of forestry and environmental resources and head of the Biodiversity Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and his team talk about their “resurvey” of wildlife along the historic Lewis and Clark expedition route.

May 27, 2026

Awe-Inspiring Nature Helps People Connect to Science

Futurity
Caren Cooper, professor of forestry and environmental resources and co-director of the Citizen Science Campus, discusses research that suggests combining scientific observation with powerful natural events — such as eclipses — can foster lasting interest, identity and belonging in science.

May 14, 2026

Is It a Copperhead or a Non-Venomous Lookalike? How To Tell the Difference in NC

The Charlotte Observer
Ivana Mali, associate professor of forestry and environmental resources and the Ecology Wildlife Foundation Distinguished Scholar for Conservation Biology, explains that some non-venomous species flatten their heads or puff up their jaws to mimic the triangular, spade-like shape of venomous vipers.

May 10, 2026

Eco-Friendly Toilet Papers Are Trendy, But Which You Choose Matters

Los Angeles Times
Ronalds Gonzalez, associate professor of forest biomaterials and co-founder of the Sustainable and Alternative Fibers Initiative, discusses the environmental benefits of using toilet paper made with recycled materials.

May 6, 2026

Return of the Wild: Retracing Lewis and Clark

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Roland Kays, research professor and director of the Biodiversity Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, is retracing the Lewis and Clark route from Pennsylvania to the Pacific Coast to conduct the first-ever scientific wildlife resurvey of their journey.

Apr 30, 2026

NC State Professor, Team Retracing Lewis and Clark’s Historic Route

CBS 17
Roland Kays, research professor and director of the Biodiversity Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and his team will be retracing the expedition route of early American explorers to compare the wildlife observations made by Lewis and Clark on their Corps of Discovery Expedition “with what our camera traps find today.”

Apr 28, 2026

Plague of Spotted Lanternflies From China Set To Invade the US

Daily Mail
North Carolina State University researchers use process-based modeling to forecast how the spotted lanternfly could spread across the United States under a worst-case scenario where no treatments are used to control its population.