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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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Program helps native students bridge from Haskell to KU to careers in science
Recent grad Kynser Wahwahsuck found success through KU/Haskell Bridge Program.
Studying microbes to understand the possibility of life on other planets
A team of KU researchers is studying microscopic organisms in extreme environments to see if life is possible beyond Earth.
Students plant gardens to aid endangered monarch butterflies
CBS News interviews Maryland students maintaining a butterfly garden and Monarch Watch Waystation.
What if Jacuzzi-like water jets could save a lake? Scientists will try it in Kansas
Reservoirs that feed the Kansas River during times of drought are filling up with mud. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has an idea to slow the process.
Drought killing western Kansas crops also poised to kill fish
There's a temporary free-for-all at Ellis City Lake, where the same hideous drought that's killing western Kansas crops is poised to kill the fish. So many of the usual limits on fishing have been lifted to harvest fish before they die.
Predicting future algae blooms to preserve safe drinking water
Ted Harris and a team of faculty, students and staff are examining long-term water quality changes in large Kansas lakes, especially changes related to blue-green algae, which can cause harmful algal blooms (HABs).
Month of the Monarch will honor 30 years of conservation; Monarch Watch to unveil future plans
Monarch Watch has enlisted help from thousands of community scientists all over the world to fulfill its mission: Bring back the monarchs. Those dedicated to that goal will celebrate three decades of conservation work in September as the organization announces its next steps.
Inside the debate over who should—and shouldn’t—have access to the medicinal plant called Colorado cough root
Also called oshá, the plant is sacred to many Native American and Indigenous people, who don't want it commoditized by the American herbal products industry. Because it often grows on public lands, the U.S. Forest Service has been put smack in the middle of the fight.