If you've ever been elbowed out of the way at the dinner table by older, stronger siblings, you'll identify with wolves competing with larger bears for food. A study by Utah State University ecologist Aimee Tallian and colleagues ...
Ecology
Feb 7, 2017
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438
Can helium bond with other elements to form a stable compound? Students attentive to Utah State University professor Alex Boldyrev's introductory chemistry lectures would immediately respond "no." And they'd be correct – ...
Materials Science
Feb 6, 2017
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1976
If you're depending on a room filled with 90-year-olds to repopulate and save the human race, you may be setting your hopes a little too high.
Environment
Feb 3, 2017
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11
Social bees are celebrated for their cooperative industry, but how did their innovative division of labor evolve? A starting point for examining this question may be study of their solitary cousins, say Utah State University ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2017
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241
Though declines in bee populations have heightened awareness of the importance of pollinating insects to the world's food supply, numerous bee species remain undescribed or poorly understood.
Plants & Animals
Dec 24, 2016
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1374
If you're shivering from unusually teeth-rattling cold this holiday season, global warming is probably the last thing on your mind.
Environment
Dec 19, 2016
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Scientists from Utah State University and the US Environmental Protection Agency discovered that the frequencies of occurrence of hundreds of insect species inhabiting streams have been altered relative to the conditions ...
Ecology
Dec 1, 2016
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645
Is there room for black bears in human-dominated New Jersey? According to Utah State University researchers, the answer is yes, but only with science-based strategic planning, comprehensive management and thorough public ...
Ecology
Nov 28, 2016
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223
In the animal kingdom, survival essentially boils down to eat or be eaten. How organisms accomplish the former and avoid the latter reveals an immense array of defense mechanisms. Maybe you can outrun your prey. Perhaps you ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 22, 2016
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63
Glen Canyon Dam has greatly altered the Colorado River, inundating more than 150 miles of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon and transforming the ecosystem of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. But Utah State University ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2016
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