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Monarch butterfly count is 2nd lowest on record: researchers
According to researchers, just nine colonies of monarchs were located this season in their winter home, covering less than one hectare of land. To help put these numbers into perspective, CBC Windsor reached out to Kristen Baum, the director of Monarch Watch, an education, conservation and research program based at the University of Kansas.
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A walking labyrinth in Lawrence
Eminent American artist Janine Antoni’s “here-ing” labyrinth at the KU Field Station aims to foster listening, wholeness and healing of the body and the land.
Six students receive Kansas Biological Survey student research awards for 2023
The Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research at the University of Kansas has awarded $6,500 in funding this spring for student research to be conducted this year. The research center’s 2023 Student Research Awards are providing six graduate students with funding in support of…
Cloned saltwater creatures hatched from decades-old eggs turn out to be new species
Associate Research Professor Christopher Rogers and international colleagues "unraveled" the mystery of two “undescribed” groups of brine shrimp Kazakhstan and Tibet and discovered a new species in the process. (Photo: Alireza Asem)
Haskell, University of Kansas work to bring underrepresented communities into lab sciences
This story about student research through KU’s Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) leads with the work of Dori Summers, of the Baer Ecology Lab, on native grasses used in restoration of plowed land.
When a Kansas county wants people to plant milkweed but a city makes them rip it out
Across the Midwest, some city codes threaten people with fines for having milkweed on their property. But experts say many places have dropped those rules to support monarchs with urban and suburban butterfly gardens.
Kansas Biological Survey to host public forms about native grazing lands
In April, the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research will host two free public forums in Douglas County about native grazing lands.
Jim Bever named a Fellow of Ecological Society of America
Jim Bever, University of Kansas Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and a senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, is one of seven scientists across the U.S. who have been named fellows of the…
Plant Health 101: How To Improve Crops Using Genomics & Genetics
In this episode of Finding Genius, Maggie Wagner, an assistant scientist at our research center and an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, discusses plant genetics and microbiome science, including her research on the genetic basis of plants' interactions with their environment…
All over the map: KU project highlights "incredible variety" of Kansas environment
This article, published in the "Rock Chalk Review" section of the Winter 2023 issue (paper and online to subscribers) of Kansas Alumni Magazine, is a version of the Nov. 16, 2022, KU News release on the Mapping Kansas Ecosystems website developed by Dana Peterson and Jennifer Moody.
Monarch butterfly numbers plummet despite recovery last winter, but 1 year never tells the whole story
The number of monarch butterflies that have survived the migration to Mexico this fall appears to have plummeted.