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New research from CU Boulder confirms that there are not, in fact, multiple species of Redpoll Finches, as previously thought By Cay Leytham-Powell • Published: Dec. 2, 2021 For birders struggling to figure out what kind of Redpoll they’re watching, new research from the University of Colorado Boulder says don’t...

It’s said that a diversity of voices promotes a diversity of solutions, but retaining those diverse voices remains a challenge for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. A new project at the University of Colorado Boulder, though, hopes to target that need at the most accessible level: the lab...

A strange warbler found in a Pennsylvania backyard is the first-of-its-kind three-species hybrid, indicating nearby endangered warblers might be making the best of a declining population—but at a cost, according to new research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the University of Colorado Boulder. With a mother that is...

Avani Fachon, a CU undergraduate with a major in ecology and evolutionary biology and a minor in media production, has created an honors thesis project as a multimedia, interactive website titled Rituals of this Good Earth: An Exploration of Barn Swallow-Human Interconnections . She is a National Science Foundation Post...

It's the first time this variant has been detected in a wild, non-migratory North American species, but there's no cause for alarm yet, experts say. When Angela Theodosopoulos began studying Colorado's Mountain and Black-capped Chickadees four years ago, her original goal was to research hybridization among the species and the...

NPAW is sponsored by the National Postdoctoral Association , of which all CU Boulder postdocs are members, to highlight the research, scholarly and creative contributions of postdocs. Outstanding Postdoc Awards This year’s Outstanding Postdoc Awards, reserved for postdocs excelling in research productivity, innovation, communication and leadership, are awarded to Drs...

Fall means cooler temperatures, changing leaves and apples ready for the picking. This year, there is a bumper crop of ripe Delicious, Ben Davis and yet-to-be-identified fruits in and around Boulder thanks to a wet spring. For some, it may come as a surprise that apples can flourish along the...

Mountains both help create new species and subspecies of the rosy finch and keep them distinct, according to new research from CU Boulder Speciation—how species come to be—and how species diverge are two of the most important aspects of biodiversity, yet the conditions upon which these processes occur remains a...

New research from CU Boulder sheds light on the cognitive functions of male ‘green parakeets’ or budgerigars On PetSmart’s website and in stores, the vibrant green, yellow, blue and white budgerigar, an Australian grassland bird, is listed as a “Green Parakeets” and is available for purchase for $39.99. The “parakeets”...

CU Boulder and University of Nevada Reno professors win $2.7 million grant from the NSF to study spatial cognition in chickadees Spatial cognition—how space is perceived and remembered—is an incredibly important trait that can determine life or death for chickadees, yet not much is known about it or how it...