Bergen County Audubon Society’s Winter Bird Count – Saturday Dec 14th at 10am
Welcome To The Demarest Nature Center
The Demarest Nature Center is located in Demarest, NJ, USA, and is open to all persons, residents and non-residents alike, every day of the year. In addition to preserving and protecting important open space here in the midst of a large metropolitan area, the center seeks to educate young and old alike as to the beauty of nature and the importance of protecting our environment.
We, the trustees of the Demarest Nature Center Association, encourage you to use this site to find out more about the Demarest Nature Center and its programs. Click on the topic of your choice and find out more. The links will tell you about the Center, introduce you to our events and endeavors, and also take you to other nearby nature centers, as well as environmental organizations, National Parks, and suggestions for things to do. The site is constantly growing and being updated, so we hope you will come back again and again.
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Nature, Published online: 12 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08420-xEarliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture more
Nature, Published online: 12 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08344-6Author Correction: Early-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries more
Nature, Published online: 12 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04100-yThe United States has moved to deracialize kidney diagnostics. The move addresses major health-equity issues — but it also shines a light on a more
Nature, Published online: 12 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08442-5Io’s tidal response precludes a shallow magma ocean more
Nature, Published online: 12 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03944-8Anonymizing job applications before shortlisting helped to boost the number of women appointed. more
Nature, Published online: 12 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04065-yTwo teams using different methods both conclude that humans and Neanderthals had children together starting roughly 50,000 years ago. more
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The National Trust hopes the colony will continue to grow and rival others along the coast. more
A humpback whale makes one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, raising alarm. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03850-zA fresh take on an ancient process for making moulds reverses the usual roles of soft and rigid materials. The resulting process enables complex, more
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Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08376-ySkin autonomous antibody production regulates host-microbiota interactions more
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Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08493-8Structure and mechanism of the Zorya anti-phage defense system more
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Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04027-4ResearchHub Journal launches latest attempt to compensate referees for their labour. more
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Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08324-wThe detailed structure of the native dystrophin–glycoprotein complex provides mechanistic insights into mutations underlying muscular dystrophy. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08482-xPublisher Correction: An integrated transcriptomic cell atlas of human neural organoids more
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Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08417-6Structures and mechanism of condensation in nonribosomal peptide synthesis more
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Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04000-1Finding answers to climate problems — and the financial benefits this might bring — is driving advances. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04001-0All these nations are making a splash with their Nature Index research output in the field. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08223-0Cryo-electron microscopy structures of apolipoprotein B100 (apoB100) in complex with the LDL receptor (LDLR) provide insight into binding interfaces and explain how mutations in more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08306-yStructural studies of tyrocidine synthetase using site-selective crosslinking probes to link condensation domains with carrier protein substrates define key interactions and molecular mechanisms of more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08232-zSatellite data and field observations show that global annual-scale vegetation indices are sensitive to the daily frequency and intensity of rainfall, independent of the more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03988-wLanguage models developed by big technology companies consistently underperform in African languages. It’s time to focus on local solutions. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08268-1Crocodile head scales self-organize through purely mechanical compressive skin folding rather than a patterning process controlled by gene interactions. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04030-9Using X-ray microscopy, the properties of a new class of magnetism — altermagnetism — have been explored in prototypical crystal material, manganese telluride. A more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08472-zAromatic ring-opening metathesis more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03855-8Cancer cells often become unresponsive to multiple types of therapy. It emerges that these ‘cross-resistant’ tumour cells release lipids that reprogram cells called monocytes more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03990-2AI developers are rapidly picking the Internet clean to train large language models such as those behind ChatGPT. Here’s how they are trying to more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08117-1Precipitation, solvent extraction, sorption, membrane-based separation and electrochemical-based separation are described as promising methods for extracting lithium from low-quality brines, which have extensive reserves more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08314-yResting and activated T cell states are established by context-specific regulators and dynamic gene circuits. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04005-wA description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08227-wAngle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of superconducting magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene reveals flat-band replicas that are indicative of strong electron–phonon coupling; these replicas are absent in more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04039-0Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the part of the genome found in mitochondria, the ‘powerhouses’ of the cell. An analysis of mitochondrial genomes from nearly more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03651-4It has been hard to find fungi that normally reside in the mouse gut. The identification of one such fungus deepens our understanding of more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08209-yUltrafast quantum control of helium atoms is obtained by shaping the extreme ultraviolet pulses generated by a seeded free-electron laser. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03998-8Four Latin American researchers reflect on their experiences bridging the gap between science and policy in the region. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08293-0JWST observations of a strongly lensed low-mass galaxy in a 600-million-year-old Universe show massive star clusters (the Firefly Sparkle) cocooned in a diffuse arc more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08280-5We introduce a major scientific endeavour called π-HuB (proteomic navigator of the human body), its aim being to generate and harness multimodality proteomic datasets more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08320-0The development of a first-in-class non-covalent small-molecule inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 replication that targets the viral guanine-N7 methyltransferase NSP14 is reported. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08206-1A new aluminosilicate zeolite called ZMQ-1 is introduced that has an intrinsic meso-microporous channel system and shows high thermal and hydrothermal stability and tunable more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08310-2A structural study of native dystrophin glycoprotein complex from mouse skeletal muscle reveals an extended tower-like architecture that provides multiple binding sites on both more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04004-xShobhana Narasimhan, chair of the Indian Academy of Science’s initiative on women in science, says attitudes in the field must change more quickly. more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08264-5Complete blood count indices are tightly regulated around setpoints for decades in healthy adults, and represent a deep phenotype providing opportunities for investigating differential more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08175-5A patterning method using gallium-based engineered sacrificial capillary pumps for evacuation is described for generating structures in soft natural hydrogels across several length scales more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08234-xNanoscale imaging and control of altermagnetism in manganese telluride is achieved, paving the way for the experimental realization of the theoretically predicted field of more
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03849-6The JWST has captured images of the Firefly Sparkle — a galaxy that resembles an early Milky Way — in the process of being more
Aquaculture is often promoted as a solution to declines in wild fish populations, and has outpaced the amount of wild-caught fish by tens of millions of metric tons each year. more
Working on fishing vessels has for centuries been one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. To this day, forced labor and other human rights abuses remain relatively common, more
A few weeks ago, delegates from nearly 200 nations met for the 29th United Nations climate summit (COP29) in Azerbaijan, where they discussed how best to reduce emissions to slow more
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The Alabama Public Service Commission has rejected the latest bid for public participation into how it sets electricity fuel cost rates, despite a state law granting the right to intervene more
The phrase grabs people's attention, but some scientists argue it's doing more harm than good. more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04011-yThe gas planet has a density less than 2% that of Earth ― and is gradually shedding mass. more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04059-wLarge language models can help to translate science into real-world impact more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03955-5Australia is the latest nation to introduce restrictions, but evidence about whether they will work is limited. more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03859-4This week’s excerpts from Nature’s archive feature reviews of a visit to the Lick Observatory in California and a children’s adaptation of a book more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04008-7Altered T cells, which have the ability to cross the blood–brain barrier, can deliver drugs straight to brain tumours. more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04060-3Claims that dam removals were to blame for Valencia floods are false more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04058-xStop digital platforms treating people as lab rats more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04023-8Researchers call on technology companies to test their systems for consciousness and create AI welfare policies. more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04087-6We meet the revolutionary economist who became the unlikely leader of Bangladesh and explore what’s next for Syria’s science. more
Nature, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04057-yUse existing foundations to build up citizen science for the SDGs more
It's not just the EPA. From Elon Musk and RFK Jr. to Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, Trump's picks to lead key agencies are poised to set a very different more
Alachua County is preparing for a more dangerous future, even if the state government won't say "climate." more
A new report reveals the violent cost of the green transition. more
Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say expertsWhen the baby parrots were delivered to Alice more
The department's Loan Programs Office helped Tesla get its start and has lent billions to everything from transmission line projects to battery manufacturers. more
Male players must step up and add their voice to the campaign to stop our sport being sold out to the big polluters causing climate changeAt the Cop29 climate conference more
Hot, dry conditions bring numerous species into contact with people and pets, and not just in the bush. It’s good to know which is whichSign up for the Rural Network more
Carrboro, North Carolina accuses Duke of knowingly fueling the climate crisis for decades with harmful emissions, deception, delay and ‘greenwashing.’ more
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading more
While extreme heat poses a greater threat to the physical health of the elderly than to the young, in Mexico the large majority of heat-related deaths are actually among people more
Here are some of the standout images from the 2024 Nature Conservancy Oceania photo contest.The 2024 contest saw close to 2,000 entries from photographers in Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon more
A developer wanted to build a facility to capture carbon. Locals saw an environmental menace. more
Hunting bigger, more experienced animals eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggestsIt’s not just humans who get wiser as they age – animals do too, according to more
But this surprising effect of pollution should hardly be taken as a good sign. more
The US is pushing back its planned return to the Moon as it fixes a heat shield issue. more
Grazing cattle given a seaweed supplement produced close to 40 percent less methane than those fed grass alone, a new study found.Read more on E360 → more
Inflation was a defining issue in the presidential election. Here's how climate change is making everything more expensive. more
In their pursuit of nickel, a key metal in EV batteries, miners are destroying the forest home of the Hongana Manyawa people on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, allegedly threatening more
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution. more
Our Mission
According to the 1972 articles of Incorporation, the purposes of the organization are:
- To acquire or lease undeveloped lands and establish thereon educational building(s).
- To develop natural history and conservation education programs in cooperation with schools, colleges, hospitals, youth groups and other organizations which will develop an understanding and appreciation of natural resources.
- To cooperate with national, state, county, municipal and private natural resource agencies in providing an outdoor laboratory in which to demonstrate natural resource problems and management techniques.
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The DNC sponsors numerous programs to bring residents of Demarest and the surrounding areas into closer contact with wildlife and the natural world. Programs have varied, including lectures on native plants, family hikes, maple syrup making, bird watching & counts, birdhouse building, mushroom foraging walk, community trail walk and children’s scavenger hunts. Local outdoor activities have been held at the Nature Center, Wakelee Field, various school grounds, and at the Duck Pond.
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Since its incorporation in 1977 the Demarest Nature Center Association has cared for a 55-acre parcel of land bordered by Columbus Road on the west and County Road on the east. The Demarest Nature Center is open to all every day of the year. In addition to protecting woods, vernal ponds, meadows, and a section of the Tenakill Brook, as well as establishing and maintaining walking trails, the center provides educational events for everyone about the beauty of nature and the importance of preserving our amazing forest habitat. Your membership dollars go towards sponsorship of environmental education programs for kindergarten through the fourth grade in the Demarest schools, and a yearly scholarship given to a local high school senior who plans to pursue environment-related studies in college. Your membership also helps support our birdhouse/bird feeder building program, our annual photo contest, maple syrup making, environmental scholarships, monthly community trail walks and the Craft Show at Oktoberfest/Fall Festival Event.
The Demarest Nature Center Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, run solely by volunteers and receives no funding from the Borough of Demarest.
Residents of Demarest receive all DNC mailings as postal patrons. Non-resident members receive DNC mailings by 1st class mail.
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