
Author: Dagan Montgomery


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 …

UW Extension to Lead Educational Programming at Inaugural Wyoming Sheep and Wool Festival
The University of Wyoming Extension and Wyoming Wool Initiative have partnered with the Wyoming Wool Growers Association to provide programming on the science, art, and practice of Wyoming sheep and wool production. UW Extension programs will be held in Kemmerer …

Make Windbreaks While the Sun Shines
Take advantage of summer months to prep for next winter’s weather
After the record-breaking cold and snow of the last six months, the last thing many ranchers want to think about is winter weather. However, summer is the time of …

Grass-Cast: Add This Forage Forecast to Your Decision-Making Toolbox
It is a busy time with lambing and calving in full swing, and the grass is finally entering spring green-up. Even with the long list of spring chores, it is never too early to start thinking about summer grazing plans.…

Ten Sleep Student Overcomes Adversity to Graduate from UW
So many times in Kinley Erickson’s young life, she doubted that she could ever finish school — not due to poor grades, but because of what life has thrown the Ten Sleep student’s way the last few years.
Erickson, who …