white-shouldered bumblebee on yellow goldenbanner flower

Studying complex networks of plants and pollinators

Sept. 11, 2024

I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summers looking at plant-pollinator interactions—here’s what I learned

White-lined hovering moth

Sphinx moth caterpillars wield an eruptive defense

Aug. 29, 2024

Sphinx months have an array of identifiers, one being an unusual defense mechanism.

Single mountain ball cactus blooming with pink flowers

Mountain ball cactus has variation in floral color and scent

July 3, 2024

Lingering question: Do variations in scent correspond to variations in color?

Rumex crispus, or curly dock

Curly dock has all the traits of a super weed

May 28, 2024

With high levels of oxalic acid, like that in Brussels sprouts, and with a proliferation of seed dispersal, the plant easily establishes itself everywhere except Greenland.

Heatmap showing frog infected with trematodes

Not just a fluke: learning more about trematode infection

May 20, 2024

Using heatmaps, CU Boulder researchers find that certain parasites congregate in certain parts of amphibians’ bodies, often to dire physical consequences.

Mike Gil

Ecological body names CU Boulder’s Mike Gil an early career fellow

May 1, 2024

Ecological Society of America recognizes scientist for making ‘outstanding contributions’ to the field.

Houndstongue seeds

Houndstongue is a noxious, poisonous weed with nasty seeds and pretty flowers

April 30, 2024

Professor Emeritus takes a closer look at beautiful weeds with a lethal potential to kill livestock, and even, humans.

yellow sunflowers

Fighting infection with some help from bacteria

April 23, 2024

A CU Boulder-led study of sunflowers shows that their genes relate to the abundance of bacteria associated with resistance against one of the pathogens that causes white mold.

red fire ant

Following fire ants on the march

March 27, 2024

Landscape corridors can aid in fire ant spread, but the effects are transient, CU Boulder researcher Julian Resasco shows.

White mountain dryas growing on Hasley Pass

Mountain dryad is adapted to high elevation, cold and windy sites

March 6, 2024

Surprisingly, subspecies with different growth forms can be within a few feet of one another.

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