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UD graduate student investigates energy expenditure of ducks

With waterfowl habitat continually changing and wetland loss occurring on a regular basis, it is imperative for researchers to see if landscapes provide enough habitat to support waterfowl populations...

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Summer Scholar Amelia Griffith looks for ways to defend key global food source

Amelia Griffith is a biochemistry major from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Q: What are you studying, where and with whom? Griffith: I am doing research on rice in the College of Agriculture and Natural...

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What Do Ducks Hear? And Why Do We Care?

Scientists from the University of Delaware have created a hearing test for ducks. The New York Times put together a video to illustrate what Kate McGrew, a masters student in wildlife ecology at the...

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Warrington Farm featured in USDA’s ‘As if You Were There’ virtual...

The University of Delaware is working with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on “As if You Were There,” a project highlighting key climate adaptation practices at farm and forest sites...

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Food security under changing climate

UD part of $3.5 million NSF-funded study to improve key crop resilience Jeffrey Caplan (left), UD associate professor of plant and soil sciences, and post-doctoral researcher Kun Huang, are part of a...

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Jake Bowman reflects on 17 years of deer research at UD

When Jake Bowman came to the University of Delaware 17 years ago after getting his doctorate from Mississippi State University, he encountered a problem with regards to deer research that he had never...

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The Art of Scientific Publishing with Harold Drake

Scientific journals have very high rejection rates — 75 percent or greater. The transformation of a manuscript into a published paper is a major challenge. Learn the logistics of publishing in...

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These plants bring all the birds to your yard

Popular Science interviewed Professor of Entomology Doug Tallamy and his former Ph.D. student Desiree Narango about their recently published research on non-native plants and population reductions on...

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Drought fighter found in soil

Some discoveries happen by accident. Consider how Sept. 28, 1928, unfolded: Alexander Fleming, back in the lab after a vacation with the family, was sorting through dirty Petri dishes that hadn’t been...

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College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Summer Institute

For Summer 2019, the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) has several internship programs for both UD and non-UD students, including Summer Institute, Cooperative...

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