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The same visual trick, called 'structural color,' that makes peacock feathers green and butterfly wings blue gives these Colorado berries their brilliant hue, new research has found.

Life expectancy of Native Americans in the U.S. dropped by nearly five years during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research reveals. The study also found that while the rest of the developed world is rebounding in terms of life expectancy, the United States is not.

Assistant Professor Helanius Wilkins has won a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for a choreographed duet. The CU College of Arts and Sciences matched the grant with another $10,000. With the funding, Wilkins and the CU dance division will collaborate with several presenter-partners, including Basin Arts and the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Louisiana and Keshet Center for the Arts in New Mexico.

Escaped methane from oil and gas operations contributes more to climate change than previously thought. But a new CU Â鶹ӰԺ-born startup, inspired by a 2005 Nobel Prize winning discovery, has devised a way to sniff out leaks in real time.

Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf appears to be splintering, and scientists fear it could give way in the next few years. CU polar scientist Ted Scambos explains on The Conversation—read the article or listen to the podcast.

Among many interdisciplinary efforts, scientists are using the power and promise of remote sensing to help solve food supply, pollution and water scarcity problems around the globe.

Researchers have created the first global map of where mammals are most likely to move between protected areas, such as national parks and nature preserves.

In CU Â鶹ӰԺ's intergenerational writing class, students discover a new richness to topics such as birth control, racism and the war on drugs when they have a chance to explore them alongside members of older generations who have lived through similar social upheavals. Community members are invited to apply.

Climate change is forcing animals to adapt—and fast. New research from a global team of researchers, including one from CU Â鶹ӰԺ, finds that wild animals might be better equipped to deal with these changes than expected.

New research adds another piece of evidence to the scientist philosophy known as the mediocrity principle: Galaxies are, on average, at rest with respect to the early universe. Jeremy Darling, a CU Â鶹ӰԺ astrophysics professor, recently published this new finding in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters.