How do polar bears stay healthy on the world's worst diet?

Polar bears survive almost entirely on seal fat. Yet unlike humans who eat high-fat diets, polar bears never...

Mapping the Frontier: How Ribs and Sternum Connect to Build the Vertebrate Body

The ability of vertebrates to move and breathe depends on precise coordination between skeletal elements...

The Russell S. Woglum collection: Preserving California's plant legacy through student curation

The Herbarium at California Botanic Garden aims to curate and digitize the collections of Russell S. Woglum...

Specialist bees of the Californian deserts: Are they still here?

Specialist bees collect pollen from a narrow set of plants. Southern California’s deserts once hosted diverse...

Uncovering hidden insect diversity associated with a likely undescribed gall-forming midge

Does a likely undescribed species of gall-forming midge (pers. comm. Ray Gagné) on Eriodictyon plants (Yerba...

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