Stories indexed under: Zoology
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Lowly Icelandic midges reveal ecosystem’s tipping points
March 5, 2008
A UW-Madison zoologist describes in the journal Nature an ecosystem population dynamics model built on the flies of Iceland’s Lake Myvatn, showing how even slight human-induced changes can irreversibly alter the balance of nature.
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‘Glass menagerie:’ Museum unearths exotic stash of glass sea creatures
July 25, 2007
An ordinary mid-summer stroll through Noland Hall in 2005 led Paula Holahan to an extraordinary discovery: box after box filled with a sea of intricate glass sculptures of marine invertebrate animals.
- Curiosities: Can dogs be trained not to bark? April 25, 2007