Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
In her Distinguished Research Lecture March 12, 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder Professor Rebecca Safran will explore the recent and precipitous decrease in the population of barn swallows.
Of the genus Physaria, pretty wildflowers, 24 species grow in Colorado. Ten of 24 species are endemic to Colorado, meaning they live nowhere else.
After an 80-year absence, gray wolves have returned to Colorado; 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder expert Joanna Lambert talks about the implications.
Full confirmation of this hardy species took five decades of scientific study.
Like other animals, they are marking their territory, and being subtle about it would not serve their purposes.
The stunning flower, seen in Colorado’s high country, might be a distinct species or not; regardless, this is science at work.
In Rabbit Valley near the Colorado-Utah border, some signs indicate that aster could stymie the dominance of the invasive species.
Native Americans used the staple for many foods for thousands of years, and it is now recognized as the state grass in Nevada and Utah.
How embracing his strengths helped Samuel Ramsey, aka Dr. Sammy, fight to save the honeybee, and to exemplify the fact that diversity is the most successful survival tactic in the insect world.
91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder study shows that 96% of all carbon offset credits from U.S. forestry projects were issued for improved forest management practices, not tree planting or forest protection.