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Tag: Integrative Biology

Healthy Planet homestories

Emissary from an Ice-Age Boneyard

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date April 11, 2017
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Illustration by Santiago Uceda

When mammoths, giant beavers and their kin roamed the Willamette Valley

Tags Anthropology, ice age, Integrative Biology, mammoth

Amber reflections from the scientist who inspired Jurassic Park

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date February 16, 2017

Dr. George Poinar , an entomologist, is among the world's leading experts on ancient insects and plants trapped in amber. He has a lab in the basement of his Corvallis home.

Over a long and storied career, George Poinar has made some extraordinary discoveries.

Tags amber, College of Science, Integrative Biology, paleoecology

Earth Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Reefs Under Siege

Reef in the Red Sea

Coral reefs are in decline around the world. A team of scientists is trying to understand why.

Tags College of Science, coral reefs, Integrative Biology, Marine Studies Initiative, Ocean acidification, Pollution