Fender’s blue butterfly is an endangered subspecies found only in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. It depends on a particular plant species, Kincaid’s lupine, most of which has been lost to agriculture and urbanization.
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Oregon State University researchers are hoping to tap into the state’s growing population of bird-watching enthusiasts to create a volunteer team of “citizen scientists” to gather data on Oregon’s resident and visiting birds.
Leonardo da Vinci combined the practical and the beautiful, the mechanical and artistic. At the 2013 da Vinci Days festival in Corvallis, Oregon State University scientists, engineers and mathematicians shared their journeys under Antarctic sea ice, to an African village, to Mars and through a mathematical landscape.
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A Bird’s-Eye View
“Today we have the best available science seated at the table, which enables stakeholders to have a more constructive dialog of how to manage the resources for future generations.”
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Aquatic Vigil
It boils down to a centuries-old debate among philosophers, scientists, veterinarians, farmers, ranchers, aquarists, and pet owners: What is our obligation to captive animals?
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On the Beach
The mothers of beached whale calves often were missing entirely from the beach, a study found.