Columbia State Biology Department

05/06/2023

05/28/2021

Tardigrades and microscopes
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08/07/2019

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/insect-apocalypse-under-way-toxic-pesticides-agriculture/

Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.

08/07/2019

In the Bering Strait region, where a narrow passage separates Alaska from Russia and links the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific, the sea ice is long gone and mayhem has taken hold in the marine environment. The most striking signs are on the shorelines, which have been littered with dead animals ranging....

07/14/2019

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/giant-batteries-and-cheap-solar-power-are-shoving-fossil-fuels-grid?fbclid=IwAR36wZJXUElOR6YB3A5LVxL2KrZYpyB53Lyh1rArs4I63M-SbK_f8ZzWvLg

Cost of solar power has dropped by 76% since 2012

06/11/2019

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/fairbanks/2019/06/08/wildlife-officials-warn-of-disease-in-interior-alaska-hares-that-can-spread-to-pets-people/?fbclid=IwAR26rHkW9_aWM8EOYiBtSzp3X4_B4wRbVSJvBIow80Pduyt1WEbtOtfwp-c

Tularemia can be transmitted to pets that mouth or catch sick hares. People can become infected by handling hares or coming into contact with an infected pet’s saliva.

06/05/2018

To date the branches on the evolutionary tree of life, researchers are looking at horizontal gene transfers among ancient microorganisms, which once seemed only

06/05/2018

The inventors of a “Swiss army knife” for genome editing received prestigious honors, as did pioneering scientists in astrophysics and neuroscience.

06/05/2018

Just as antibiotics have bred resistance in bacteria, vaccines can potentially lose their effectiveness over diseases they controlled. Researchers are working

06/05/2018

If a forest is burning and we don’t know what’s responsible, does it have a cause?

05/04/2018

Starting with the spleen!

The Bajau, who spend most of their time on the ocean, are among the best divers in the world. Evolution is remaking them, a new study finds.

12/08/2017

This looks fun!

Thank you to all volunteers who participated in Volunteer Work Day last month! We are overly joyed by the turn out this year - 98 volunteers attended!

Thank you for your hard work and dedicated support. Photos by Richard Reading.