A new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B adds to a growing body of evidence that raccoons, to the suspected chagrin of their human counterparts, demonstrate innovative problem-solving skills when faced with new foraging challenges.
Sarah Collins, an associate professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Zoology and Physiology, has been appointed as the new Research Institute director of the UW Research Center at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.
Jay Gatlin, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Molecular Biology, has been named the inaugural director of UW’s newly named Science Institute (SI).
Four innovative projects that aim to use technology to help Wyoming wildlife have received seed funding from the University of Wyoming’s new WyldTech Center for Wildlife, Technology and Computing.
A University of Wyoming professor led a research team on campus that studied how myxobacteria—known as social predators that kill and consume other microbes—that form social groups can cooperate with one another.
The term locoweed refers to plants in the genera Oxytropis or Astragalus and is a nod to the toxic effects that cause livestock to go “loco,” or crazy.
The Albany County Extension office will be adding a geodome greenhouse to the University of Wyoming Agricultural Community Resources for Everyday Sustainability (ACRES) gardening area.
The University of Wyoming Extension recently released a new podcast dedicated to sharing agriculture and natural resource information, titled “From The Cowboy State”.
During his recent yearlong sabbatical, Daniel Laughlin led a study that found trees can sustain life in temperatures higher or lower than where they are currently growing.
Two University of Wyoming researchers recently received National Science Foundation (NSF) funding to provide paid experiential learning opportunities in controlled environment agriculture, an emerging technology that aims to foster innovation and opportunity within the field of agriculture.
The University of Wyoming’s WYOBIRD initiative will offer bird tours, crafts and educational activities, research talks, and a picnic lunch in Grand Teton National Park Saturday, July 20.
For those interested in unique ways to cook tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, or zucchini, UW Extension recently published three new recipe publications in the Cooking It Up! series.
