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Oct 4, 2022, 5:44 PM
The University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute, in partnership with Audubon Rockies, will host the 2022 Rocky Mountain Community Science Conference in a virtual format Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1-2.
Oct 4, 2022, 3:59 PM
Esther Gilman-Kehrer, a member of the Wyoming Naturalist Program (WNP) and a UW clinical associate professor, observes a northern saw-whet owl on Casper Mountain. WNP members recently caught and banded the birds as part of an ongoing Audubon Rockies project. The University of Wyoming Biodiversity ...
Sep 29, 2022, 6:56 PM
Fall 2022 Seminar Series with Dr. Stephen T. Jackson - USGS, University of Arizona, and University of Wyoming
Aug 11, 2022, 2:00 PM
Support from UW’s Biodiversity Institute’s Research Grant enabled me to complete my dissertation on Asian elephant personality and problem solving in the Program in Ecology and the Department of Zoology & Physiology. As part of this work, I assessed links between personality and cognition in captive elephants at the San Diego Zoo, Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, and the Oklahoma City Zoo.
Jun 14, 2022, 3:51 PM
My career as a conservation research biologist was jumpstarted by the generous biodiversity grant, I received as a graduate student. The Biodiversity Grant provided me with an opportunity to develop foundational skills that I am applying in other systems of conservation concern and prepared me for my next steps as a scientist and conservation advocate.