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A recent petition seeks to have the migratory Great Salt Lake bird, Wilson's Phalarope listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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In The Asteroid Hunter, Dante Lauretta chronicles the quest to retrieve a sample from Bennu, which is one of the large asteroids that is most likely to collide with the Earth.
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Anne Curzan might seem like a strange sort of English teacher: The veteran professor doesn’t believe in “right” and wrong” when it comes to language and grammar.
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During pandemic lockdowns in 2020, wild animals were seen running through downtown areas, and a narrative emerged that “wildlife are reclaiming the outdoors.” New research suggests that the full story is more complicated.
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A Westminster professor recently spoke at USU about how water levels in the lake directly affect salinity. The species inhabiting Great Salt Lake rely heavily on salinity levels staying under 12%.
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In a changing world, freshwater species are increasingly imperiled. As the climate continues to change more systems will shift, but their transition depend on their resilience and our management choices.
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Laura Lewis met a bonobo named Louise as part of a study on the capacity of chimps and bonobos to remember the faces of apes they’d spent time with years earlier. And she did.
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The next two events will take place at the newly renovated Logan Library, and in June the location will switch to Stokes Nature Center.
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Sarah McCammon grew up in an evangelical family, where she was taught to never question her faith. Like many Americans, she was plagued deep questions, but scared to leave.
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Nematodes weren’t known to live in the Great Salt Lake until recently. And, in fact, very little lives there — because the lake’s salinity makes most life untenable. But as it turns out, these tiny worms were doing just fine.
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Major Kate Rubins honors Women’s History Month as an Army Reservist, astronaut and biologist who participated in the first sequencing of DNA in space.
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Once considered the Mountain West's apex predator, a rise in hunting over the last 200 years has lead to a heavy decline in the mountain lion population.