A red female squirrel

Squirrels roll the dice on their offspring

Jan. 25, 2023

A collaborative study with a CU Boulder professor investigates how the risks and rewards of red squirrel reproduction is a microcosm of evolutionary patterns.

The Bill of Rights

Opening doors for a more robust exchange of ideas

Jan. 24, 2023

CU Boulder tapped for new network to promote positive culture change through viewpoint diversity, open inquiry, and constructive disagreement.

Mike Gil scuba diving through kelp bed.

Marine biologist probes importance of diversity

Jan. 20, 2023

Let’s CU Well presentation on Jan. 30 by CU Boulder professor to highlight diversity’s importance in many settings.

Researcher holding finch

Rosy-finches are Colorado’s high-alpine specialists, and researchers want to know why

Jan. 19, 2023

Birds that can live at 14,000 feet and also breed at sea level might have evolved more quickly than previously thought.

Wood Nymph on a leaf.

Common wood nymphs have sensory surprises

Jan. 17, 2023

The common wood nymph tastes with its feet and hears with its wings.

congress solar

Why does climate policy lag science?

Jan. 12, 2023

Despite the Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. progress on climate change remains stuck in a climate conundrum, experts say, hampered by politics, complexity and the scope of the problem.

Ukraine Flag

Putin’s plan to stop Ukraine from turning to the west has failed

Jan. 6, 2023

After interviewing hundreds of participants, our survey shows support for Nato is at an all-time high.

A beautiful male swallowtail butterfly.

The Darwin Award goes to a male black swallowtail butterfly

Jan. 5, 2023

The beautiful male emerged in October, eager to mate but destined for disappointment because he emerged too late in the season, just an example of natural selection at work I received an invitation to photograph a black swallowtail butterfly that had just emerged. It would linger only a short while...

fire

The Marshall Fire, a year later: Hidden toxins and the fire next time

Jan. 3, 2023

Homes that survived the Marshall Fire harbored another disaster inside – here’s what we’ve learned about this insidious urban wildfire risk.

Jill Litt in a garden

Nature program helps reduce teenage loneliness, new study finds

Dec. 22, 2022

The MINT study program uses nature-based social intervention to address and dimmish loneliness with teenage parents and their peers.

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