Surveying the Smalls
November 18, 2022
Local biologists team up to study how wetland mitigation affects small mammals.
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Protecting an Endemic Gem
July 27, 2021
The North Carolina Botanical Garden has been conserving Venus flytraps, native to only the North and South Carolina coasts, for nearly 50 years. To better understand these carnivorous plants, UNC researchers are engaged in projects on flytrap genetics and differentiating prey from pollinators.
Caterpillars in the Coal Mine
June 23, 2021
Butterflies and moths are indicators of the overall health of an ecosystem. Through fieldwork, lab experiments, and computer modeling, researchers in the Joel Kingsolver Lab strive to understand how changing temperatures are impacting the relationship between certain species and the plants they live on.