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A lab at Northern Arizona University has developed a new way to identify rare and endangered bats … by extracting DNA from their droppings.Faith Walker is…
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Prairie dogs are everywhere in northern Arizona, and so is the plague. The flea-borne disease can destroy whole colonies of prairie dogs, and that has big…
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Tens of thousands of patients die every year from infections they pick up while they’re in the hospital. A Flagstaff-based institute has developed a…
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A research team from Northern Arizona University confirmed the presence of the endangered meadow jumping mouse in parts of Arizona and New Mexico. It’s…
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A new review study explains how climate change will skew the sex ratios of plants. The research team is from Flagstaff. The study – published today in the…
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Climate change scientists know that plants can’t grow larger with extra carbon dioxide unless they also have nitrogen. But a new study coauthored by a…
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Fish and frogs swim slower when they’re exposed to pesticides, according to a review study by two Northern Arizona University biologists.Molly…
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Microscopic fossils in the Grand Canyon show evidence of a vampire-like predator that punctured its prey to suck out the innards.The fossils were found in…
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Prosthetic limbs have come a long way since someone first walked on a wooden peg in about 300 B.C. A group of scientists at Northern Arizona University is…
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Mild winters make skunks more active. Instead of resting and preserving their energy, they venture out of their dens and hunt for food. Tad Theimer is a…