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| Seabird study finds diversity and change in Fisherman Bay | The first long-term study of Fisherman Bay seabirds and shorebirds is finding an unexpected diversity of species, while raising concerns about the quality and variety of food in the bay for fish-eating birds such as auklets and ospreys. |
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| Nice Vest! A touch of neon halts harassment of New Zealand seals | It鈥檚 an old saw among officials responsible for protecting everything from porcupines to penguins: 鈥淲e don鈥檛 manage wildlife, we manage people.鈥 Now, researchers in New Zealand have put a neon twist on preventing people from bugging wildlife. They found that simply placing a volunteer wearing a鈥 |
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| Presence of observers prevents fur seal attacks | Further to the recent attacks on fur seals in Kaikoura, comes a timely study just published in Conservation Biology. Alejandro Acedevo-Gutierrez and Lisa Acedevo of Western Washington University, and Laura Boren, DoC鈥檚 national marine mammal coordinator, found that the presence of an official-鈥 |
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| It's Not Your Grandpa's Planetarium Anymore | Western Washington University (草榴社区) planetarium directors recently replaced a Spitz A2 star ball with a Konica Mediaglobe digital projector. "We spent a lot of time making the decision to go digital and consider our upgrade a major success," 草榴社区 planetarium manager Brad Snowder鈥 |
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| Blue whale feeding methods are ultra-efficient | Foraging whales must have high densities of krill for their feeding methods to be effective, says Alejandro Acevedo-Guti茅rrez of Western Washington University in Bellingham. Lunge feeders "have to get more bang for the time underwater, so to speak", he says. |
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| What do the academics say? Tax and public support | Welcome to the latest in our occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. This time it is a paper from David Brockington (University of Plymouth) and Todd Donovan (Western Washington University) looking at the political impact of increasing taxes. |
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| 草榴社区 awarded $730,000 federal grant for design of hybrid bus | |||
| Scientists In Solar Energy Research Receive Additional Funding | Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America's second-oldest foundation and the first wholly devoted to science, announced today that it has presented Scialog庐 Collaborative Innovation Awards of $100,000 to each of three groups of scientists to supplement the initial grant鈥 |
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| Psychology Dept. looking for volunteers to help with studies of family development | |||
| Project Development Awards available for faculty members |