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Science Sunday: Deerlight Savings

We may spring ahead or fall back, but wildlife run on their own internal clocks. So how do these disruptions to our sleep schedule impact deer and other wildlife? Deer, and many other species, are crepuscular. That means they are not very active at midday or at night, but do the most moving around at […]

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Science Friday: Boreal Toad Project Summary

Summary of Boreal Toad Project for Jesperson Award 2018   Emerging infectious diseases pose a significant threat to global biodiversity. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (commonly known as the amphibian chytrid fungus), an emerging fungal pathogen primarily affecting amphibians, is of particular concern because it has caused severe population declines and several extinctions in amphibian populations worldwide. Our current

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