After three years of study, Island naturalists found that goldenrod planted at Island farms has aided pollinators, which are an integral part of the ecosystem.
BiodiversityWorks
2025
2024
July 30, 2024
Lightning bugs, particularly in early summer, have been more visible on the Island than they have been in years.
July 30, 2024
On a recent morning, a hush fell over a group of three BiodiversityWorks employees as they listened for the soft chirps of a piping plover on the shore of Lucy Vincent beach.
July 2, 2024
The third annual Bioblitz took place at Long Point Wildlife Refuge over the weekend, where citizen scientists went to work cataloguing hundreds of local species.
2023
November 22, 2023
Working with wildlife biologists at BiodiversityWorks, seventh and eighth graders in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury spent this month reviewing images of mammals from camouflage cameras placed around the Vineyard.
July 13, 2023
Against all expectations, some of the Island’s northern long-eared bats are surviving white-nose syndrome, providing optimism for local conservationists.
