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A picture of a small white flower on Waterworks hill.

The flower behind the Waterworks Hill dog leash restriction

5/19/2025 - KPAX
A researcher sits in front of a computer screen.

University of Montana researchers warn of ripple effects from funding cuts

2/27/2025 - NBC Montana
A beautiful mountain bluebird sits on a blooming lilac bush.

How to identify a Mountain Bluebird

12/11/2024 - Birds & Blooms
A small hummingbird, hovering in the air.

On the wings of war: Scientists study the flight of hummingbirds to design robots for drone warfare

11/26/2024 - The New York Times
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A person carefully lowers an antler onto an MRI machine.

UM student’s groundbreaking research offers new perspective on antler evolution

9/11/2024 - UM News
The camera looks up at the blue sky through a burned out stump.

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe

3/25/2024 - UM News
A person with a salt and pepper beard cross their arms and smiles at the camera.

Georgia Tech researcher leads $6 million NASA astrobiology study

8/14/2023 - Georgia Tech News
Three researchers stand in front of a lab bench, smiling at the camera

UM science unlocks secrets of high-elevation pregnancies

6/16/2023 - UM News
A person stands in front of the camera, holding a massive elk antler

UM biologist to be inducted to National Academy of Sciences

5/6/2023 - NBC Montana
Logo of the Kaimin Cast podcast.

The rules of beetle battle: What do dung beetles have to do with geo-politics?

10/10/2022 - Montana Kaimin
A flock of Eurasian griffon vultures.

Studies say birds with distinctive features at higher risk of extinction

7/24/2022 - Peoples Dispatch
A person wearing a sweater crosses their arms and smiles widely at the camera.

Tiny organisms yield big returns for UM early career researcher

6/8/2022 - UM News
A series of petri dishes full of microbial colonies.

NASA Astrobiology unveils new Research Coordination Network at AbSciCon 2022

5/16/2022 - Georgia Tech News
Two people wear N95 masks as they work with mice in a field.

UM professor earns $2.5 million grant to study Hantavirus disease transmission

9/10/2021 - UM News
A research with piercings smiles at the camera in a jungle.

UM researcher: Framework needed for moving species in response to climate change

5/27/2021 - University of Montana
A person with a cap on their head holds a beetle and grins at the camera.

Famed UM biologist earns Montana's highest professor rank

11/20/2020 - UM News
A wide shot of a lush green forest

UM scientists play a direct rol in identification of forests for protection in Borneo

3/23/2020 - UM News
A cross section slice of a layer of Earth, showing its stratigraphy.

The story of a mysterious Montana soil pit

1/23/2020 - The Western Producer
A small red salamander perches on a rock

Climate change water variability hurts salamander populations

9/6/2019 - UConn Today
Two people stand in a recently burned forest on a sunny day, looking up into the canopies of the trees.

Forest service finalizing salvage logging plans for Rice Ridge Burn

8/6/2018 - MT Public Radio
A snowshoe hair sits in snow.

Thriving in tough environments: What's the genetic connection?

8/25/2017 - Nebraska Today
A big yellow sea spider rests on the ocean floor, nearby are some pink starfish.

Researchers have more questions than answers about giant sea spiders

1/7/2016 - CBC
A microscope image showing mostly white and black cells, but some are highlighted in red.

Life's secrets sought in a snowflake

11/3/2015 - Quanta Magazine
A brown bat hangs upside down on a sunny day.

Study explores cross-species viral transmission by bats

9/9/2015 - The Wildlife Society
A research crouches in a field, holding a radio tranceiver.

Fast and furious: The real lives of swallows

1/24/2015 - Science News
The international space station hangs in orbit over Earth

How did life become complex, and could it happen beyond Earth?

1/20/2015 - Space
A zebra finch, which has a light underbelly, spotted tail, gray top coat, orange cheek, and bright red beak, sits on a tree branch in the sun.

A stressful youth makes for a devoted finch dad

10/15/2014 - Science News
A rhinoceros beetle sits on a yellowing jungle leaf

Rhino beetle horn no handicap for flying

3/13/2013 - ABC Science
A research stares close up to the camera, in their hand is a rhinoceros beetle

Researchers discover biological mechanism for growing massive animal weapons, ornaments

7/26/2012 - Phy.org
A technical image of a hummingbird in a wind tunnel showing the aerodynamics of the wind around the wings.

Flying machines, amazing at any angle

1/3/2011 - The New York Times
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Last updated January 27, 2026