Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Butterfly species is fascinating when it comes to color variation.
It appears that, for a plant that will flower only once, having offspring flower over a period of at least 40 years is a way of hedging one’s bets in an unpredictable environment.
Adult buck moths earned the name by flying during fall deer hunting season.
Two factors suggested that this spring and summer would witness extraordinary blooms of wildflowers on the Colorado Plateau. First of all, blooms in California were so colorful and extensive that they were easily visible from space and they
The flight of sphinx moths is a marvel, for while hovering or accelerating the wings beat so fast that they emit a fluttering buzz — wingbeat frequencies are typically 41 cycles (up and down) per second.
For evolutionary biologist Jeff Mitton, a trip to the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness brought an added discovery.
Males employ an anoxic kiss to reduce female struggle and increase complianceThe dam that forms Varsity Lake on the University of Colorado campus is solid, but nevertheless riddled with crevices that provide safe havens for western terrestrial
Says one founder: "European men had very different notions of who should be doing science and what science is. It is a human institution not built with equity in mind.”
Five outstanding colleagues have been named employees of the year by the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Colorful cup-shaped flowers likely to bloom in force after wet winter.