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WYOBIRD Initiative Provides Field Research Opportunities for UW Students
Don’t Panic: Managing for Toxicity Risk in Panicum Grass Species
EMT Class Offered Nov 14 – Feb 17 in Big Horn County
Hay Analysis Reports: Interpreting Results
UW Researcher Receives NSF Grant to Study Aging in Life Cycle of Bees
Biological age does not always correlate with chronological age, and it is unclear how physiology contributes to aging or protects against it.
A University of Wyoming faculty member is currently leading a research team that is studying the life cycle …
UW Research Points to Bug Benefits From Changing Color of Wind Turbines
Anyone who has driven around Wyoming has likely noticed large wind turbines dotting the prairie landscape. And while the large white rotor blades may catch a motorist’s eye, they also could be attracting insects due to their light color.
To …
Denmark Museum Highlights UW Entomologist’s Naming of Shakira Wasp
Nine years ago, University of Wyoming entomologist Scott Shaw and colleague Eduardo Shimbori gained a moment of fame by naming several newly discovered South American insect species for celebrities — including a wasp for singer and musician Shakira (Aleiodes …
Society for Glycobiology Honors UW’s Jarvis
Resolving Conflicts Through Mediation
Are you looking for a constructive and peaceful way to resolve a conflict? Multiple organizations offer unbiased mediators specially trained to facilitate conversations between disputing parties to guide them toward finding mutually acceptable resolutions. Mediators do not impose solutions; instead, …
Beyond the Prickles: Distinguish Native Thistles from Invasive Before Implementing Management
UW Researchers Find Evolutionary Adaptation in Trout of Wind Rivers
The lakes in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains historically didn’t contain fish, but stocking of trout that began in the early 1900s has created an environment in which hundreds of those lakes now have strong fish populations — some carried on …
UW’s Laughlin Author of New Book About Plant Strategies
How do plants make a living? Some plants are gamblers, while others are swindlers. Some plants are habitual spenders, while others are strugglers and miserly savers. Plants have evolved a spectacular array of solutions to the existential problems of survival …
Not Dead Yet: Caring for Evergreens with Winter Injury
UW Extension to Offer Northeast Wyoming Beef Production Workshops
For those engaged in beef cattle production in the northeast corner of the state, the University of Wyoming Extension will offer educational programming in Weston and Johnson Counties in July.
Evening workshops will take place 6-8 p.m. at the Weston …