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Avila-Lovera - New Faculty

September 25, 2024 Above: Eleinis Ávila-Lovera Like all living things, plants have to respond and adapt to...

How Harmful is Great Salt Lake Dust

September 17, 2024 As Utah’s Great Salt Lake shrinks, exposing more of its playa, concerns...

Scientists Awarded 1U4U Seed Grants

Above: Microbiolites at Bridger Bay on the northwest corner of Antelope Island. Credit: Utah Geological...

Biology and innovation, preparing for biotech and life science careers

“Innovation in biotechnology is touching on every aspect of our lives, from climate change and...

How Symbiosis Helps Define Evolution

September 3, 2024 Above: Colin Dale, 2012 “We’re looking at how deterministic the process of...

Dream Big and Take the Initiative

September 3, 2024 “Dream big and take the initiative to put yourself out there. If...

Of Ants and Trees: 'Evolutionary deja vu' in the Tropical Rainforest

Ants are famous for their regimented and complex social behaviors. In the tropics, they are...

Rethinking the Carbon Offsets Market

July 18, 2024   Around 1989 an energy company was trying to see if they...

A FRAMEWORK FOR CANCER ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

July 17, 2024 Why do the vast majority of cancers arise late in subjects’ lives?...

Shared Landscapes Wolves, Humans in Rural Turkey

May 30, 2024 Above: Photo of the wolf captured by Çağan Şekercioğlu on eastern Turkey’s...

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