A study led by Thure Cerling, a professor at the University of Utah, and co-authored by Sam Wasser, a 天美影视传媒 professor of biology, used carbon isotope science to show that tusks from a guarded government stockpile in Burundi have somehow made their way into the hands of illegal ivory traders.
A new study by researchers at the 天美影视传媒 shows that losing a particular group of endangered animals 鈥� those that eat fruit and help disperse the seeds of trees and other plants 鈥� could severely disrupt seed-dispersal networks in the Atlantic Forest, a shrinking stretch of tropical forest and critical biodiversity hotspot on the coast of Brazil.
Randall Kyes established the International Field Study Program-Indonesia at the UW. The month-long study abroad program provided field-based educational and research opportunities for students from the UW, Indonesia and other participating countries.
A new population of polar bears documented on the southeast coast of Greenland use glacier ice to survive despite limited access to sea ice. This small, genetically distinct group of polar bears could be important to the future of the species in a warming world.
Paula Thiele, a communication major who will graduate this spring, became the inaugural scholar to participate in the UW鈥檚 new Scholarship for Immersive Internships in Le贸n, dubbed 鈥溌pain Works!鈥� 鈥斅燼 partnership between the UW Le贸n Center, UW Study Abroad and the UW Career & Internship Center.