Biology /tags/biology Biology en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:35:00 GMT How two slightly different chickadee birdsongs show humans are reshaping Colorado’s ecosystems /podcast/inthenoco/2024-11-19/how-two-slightly-different-chickadee-birdsongs-show-humans-are-reshaping-colorados-ecosystems When two closely related bird species found themselves in overlapping habitats, they found a clever solution – one altered its song to be distinct from the other. And according to new research from CU Boulder, the adaptation shows in real time how human development is impacting ecosystems on the Front Range. We learn more on today's ITN. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-11-19/how-two-slightly-different-chickadee-birdsongs-show-humans-are-reshaping-colorados-ecosystems In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner Studying how pythons devour enormous meals may help doctors treat people with heart disease, a CU scientist says /podcast/inthenoco/2024-10-23/studying-how-pythons-devour-enormous-meals-may-help-doctors-treat-people-with-heart-disease-a-cu-scientist-says What happens when you let a python eat like a glutton? Its internal organs grow. Really fast. Now, University of Colorado researchers think that phenomenon could eventually help treat humans with heart disease. Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-10-23/studying-how-pythons-devour-enormous-meals-may-help-doctors-treat-people-with-heart-disease-a-cu-scientist-says In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner Biologists Are Studying Poop To See What's Killing Mt. Evans' Goats /2020-08-31/biologists-are-studying-poop-to-see-whats-killing-mt-evans-goats Wildlife biologists in Colorado are studying scat to try to determine what is killing mountain goat kids on Mount Evans, after disease wiped out nearly half of the area's population in 2013. One theory is that human waste may be the culprit. Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:10:18 GMT /2020-08-31/biologists-are-studying-poop-to-see-whats-killing-mt-evans-goats Jennifer Brown / The Colorado Sun What's Fluffy, Squeaky And Interbreeding In The Rockies? Pikas /science/2018-07-13/whats-fluffy-squeaky-and-interbreeding-in-the-rockies-pikas Pikas are fluffy mammals that live at high altitudes across the West. They squeak when danger nears. The squeaky fluff-balls are considered indicators of… Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:22:31 GMT /science/2018-07-13/whats-fluffy-squeaky-and-interbreeding-in-the-rockies-pikas Rae Ellen Bichell Soil Scientist Becomes First Female CSU Professor Elected Into National Honor Society /education/2018-05-16/soil-scientist-becomes-first-female-csu-professor-elected-into-national-honor-society Colorado State University professor Diana Wall is the first female professor from CSU to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her… Wed, 16 May 2018 11:00:00 GMT /education/2018-05-16/soil-scientist-becomes-first-female-csu-professor-elected-into-national-honor-society Stephanie Daniel