UWyo Zoology & Physiology

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Hartebeest surveys today! The eastern herds are thriving with their infants growing into the juvenile stage, but also found a long-dead hartebeest near a lone male’s territory :,(

Just when I was beginning to wonder why my advisor suggested bringing bungee cords to the field 😅

Almost time to leave Panama for Wyoming & thinking about what an awesome experience this project has been. ❤️ 1) Eciton burchellii bivouac (aka an ant nest made of their own bodies 🤯) 2) grumpy White-whiskered Puffbird 3) Gray-headed Tanager 4) Spotted antbird

What will Tuesday bring?

Fascinating collaborative work (University of Washington, UC-Berkeley, ...) on how humans impacts predator-prey interactions!

I want to thank my buffalo supervisors (and my lovely field team) for a great day! The first cams of my PhD are now live!!! 🥳🦓🦁🐄

A life-changing encounter from the field for Z&P graduate student @AnnabellaHelman! Look closely at those spots!

A daily dose of tropical coolness from Z&P undergraduate @Bri_Agenbroad, working on army-ant-following birds in Panama (funded by WY-NASA and Wyoming Research Scholars Program)!

Exciting research (rebrand.ly/dyx2jku) by Z&P prof Dr. Anna Chalfoun and colleagues sheds light on greater sage-grouse neutral response to sagebrush reduction treatments. Preserving large, undisturbed sagebrush tracts is crucial for the persistence of sage-grouse pops!

Recent publication (rb.gy/63c40) from Z&P's Brett Ralston, Dr. Amy Navratil, and Dr. Brian Cherrington unveils new insights into miRNA (rb.gy/8c0y3) biogenesis and the role of peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) in gonadotropes.

Large herbivores slow Arctic tundra diversity losses associated with sea ice decline, a new Science study finds. The results support the idea that encouraging herbivore diversity in the tundra could temper some of the impacts of climate warming. scim.ag/36d

Congratulations to our students who were awarded Biodiversity Graduate Student Research Enhancement Grants from UW Biodiversity Institute: Samantha Poratti, Audrey Lindsteadt, Amy-Marie Storey, and Michael Castaño! Read more about their great projects at tinyurl.com/yndndd33

Make a difference in the future of species such as the swift fox by contributing to student scholarship funds in the Department of Zoology & Physiology at UWyo! uwyo.edu/give2zp Read about Kelsie Buxbaum's work on swift foxes! tinyurl.com/2jnky6w2