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Two University of Wyoming graduate students will present their research to the public during a Science Café Saturday, April 4, at 1:30 p.m.

Whether seen scurrying up trees or perching themselves on green garbage cans looking for a meal, the numerous squirrels on campus are part of the natural outdoor ambience at the University of Wyoming.

The University of Wyoming has partnered with the Boone and Crockett Club to establish the Boone and Crockett Working Lands Wildlife Conservation Professorship in UW’s College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources.

The University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources (SER) will host the Rocky Mountain Land and Resource Management Conference Wednesday, April 15, in partnership with the College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources and the Student Chapter of Energy Resources.

A generous gift from the estate of the late Charles “Chuck” McKinley, a University of Wyoming alumnus, boosts support to graduate students in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology.

The city of Kearney in Nebraska is famous for being an annual migratory stop for approximately 500,000 sandhill cranes from mid-February to early April. On a smaller scale, building roofs and treetops on the University of Wyoming campus have served as springtime and summer roosts for another fowl-feathered friend—the turkey vulture.

Throughout the winter, members and departments of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources have been celebrated for their exceptional efforts and accomplishments.

New research from the University of Wyoming reveals that the brain cells that control hunger may be far more adaptable during prenatal brain development than scientists previously believed. This discovery could reshape how researchers think about preventing obesity.

Three University of Wyoming graduate students will present their research to the public during a Science Café Sunday, March 1, at 1:30 p.m. in Sublette County.

Like a duck that, on the surface, looks like it is calmly floating on the water while paddling furiously underneath, a bumble bee hovering over a flower may look like it’s not doing much to the naked eye.

On Tuesday, March 17, the University of Wyoming Extension Sheep Task Force will host a free webinar about managing flock health around lambing season. The webinar, which is the first of two episodes, will discuss strategies for mitigating ewe and lamb stress from late gestation through docking.

Women’s contributions to ranching have been historically overlooked, but the latest rendition of the University of Wyoming’s Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship challenges these assumptions. 

New research by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Wyoming, published this week in Current Biology, reveals that migrating mule deer access more productive summer ranges, have higher adult survival, and raise more offspring compared to resident mule deer that remain year-round in a desert ecosystem.

Thanks to the hard work of two University of Wyoming professors and their field team of graduate students and technicians, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) has added a new forest site within the Teton mountain range to the Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) network, which spans 29 countries. 

Sean Giery, an incoming associate research professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, has been named a President’s Distinguished Scholar in recognition of his outstanding research achievements and growing national and international impact in ecology and evolutionary biology.