Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
One puzzle leads to another question, as yet unanswered, about the cause.
The Research and Innovation Office has announced the 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, which includes 17 faculty members from departments and research institutes spanning the campus.
Beavers may appear to be one of the most sedentary of species, living in a secure den or lodge in a pond with all of their food within a short waddle, but now, in Â鶹ӰԺ Canyon and in Alaska, it is evident that they are on the move.
The College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Leeds School of Business are teaming up to highlight CU Â鶹ӰԺ-led research to address climate change from 3-5 p.m. on Nov. 30 in the Olson Atrium of the Rustandy Building.
A $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers to better understand how complex species interactions affect natural ecosystems.
The wind that sculpts the stones also conspires with plants to transform a valley floor to a landscape of mounds with embedded plants.
An annual experiment based out of CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s century-old Mountain Research Station aims to measure the effects of warming temperatures and faster snowmelt on alpine ecosystems by coating snowpack with thousands of pounds of black sand.
Surprisingly, the robbers might have little to no effect on fitweed and might even benefit the plant.
CU Â鶹ӰԺ undergraduate’s honors thesis leads to the official recognition of the Chihuahuan Meadowlark as a distinct species.
Like the homely, warty toad transformed by a kiss to an enchanting prince, embarrassing excremental smears and lumps of who-knows-what metamorphose into delicate and lovely butterflies.