University Of Idaho Researchers Find Common Chemical Changes Fetal Monkey Genes
The chemical BPA, or bisphenol A, is commonly found in plastics, soup cans, and store receipts. Scientists continue to study how the chemical affects people. New research from the University of Idaho...
View ArticleLack Of Scientific Equipment In Idaho Makes Understanding Challis Earthquakes...
Geologists plan to install three portable devices known as seismometers or seismographs in the Challis area in central Idaho to help experts better understand a recent flurry of earthquakes.The U.S....
View ArticleA T. Rex Treks To Washington For A Shot At Fame
This week, scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will start unpacking some rare and precious cargo. It's something the Smithsonian has never had before — a nearly complete...
View ArticleSource Of Fungal Illness Discovered In Eastern Washington Soil
A disease-causing fungus thought to be confined to the deserts of the U.S. Southwest has been discovered in soil samples from eastern Washington.
View ArticleSeismologists: Idaho Earthquake Swarm Tapering Off
A swarm of central Idaho earthquakes that rattled Challis residents for more than a month appears to be dying out.But seismologists say five portable seismographs have provided new information about...
View ArticleHybrid Trout Threaten Montana's Native Cutthroats
Many parts of the U.S. have been getting warmer over the past several decades, and also experiencing persistent drought. Wildlife often can't adjust. Among the species that are struggling is one of the...
View ArticleFan Of Boise's Greenbelt? Survey Says You Probably Have A College Degree
Most of the people who use the Boise Greenbelt have a college degree. And last year, more people used it on weekdays. Those are two big conclusions from two years’ worth of surveys on the 45-year-old...
View ArticleHow Red Squirrels Could Be Changing Western Forests
The patchy recovery of lodgepole pine trees after the 1988 Yellowstone National Park fire could be due in part to the effects of squirrels.Research from the University of Wyoming finds red squirrels...
View ArticleIt Takes 100 Years For Forests To Recover From Wildfire, Study Finds That's Fast
Fire season has come alive in the Northwest. On Monday, 20 homes in Idaho's Sun Valley area were briefly under evacuation when a fire broke out in a nearby canyon. A 5,000-acre fire north of Wenatchee,...
View ArticleFewer People Are Getting Married In Idaho, More Are Having Babies
More Idaho babies are being born outside of marriage than ever before, and the state's marriage rate is at a 60-year low, that's according to a recent report from the Idaho Department of Health and...
View ArticleUSGS Tries Listening To Human Racket To Understand Seismic Hazards
Research geologists have just finished a field trial to test a less invasive way to complete seismic hazard surveys.
View ArticleBuzzworthy Breeding To Bring Back Bumble Bees
Some scientists are going to great lengths to help the agreeable Western bumble bee make a comeback.
View ArticleAre Western Wildfires Really Getting Worse? 3 Recent Studies Say No
It might seem like fire season is as bad as it’s ever been. But there’s a group of researchers who question that prevailing wisdom.Three fresh science papers from separate institutions each makes the...
View ArticleScientists Discuss Long-Awaited Scientific Volume On 'Kennewick Man' Skeleton
A skeleton that's about 9,000 years old is giving up a few of his secrets today. Monday, scientists who have a new book about the ancient remains found near Kennewick 18 years ago spoke to the press.
View ArticleThere's A Big Leak In America's Water Tower
The northern arm of the Rocky Mountains is sometimes called "the crown of the continent," and its jewels are glaciers and snowfields that irrigate large parts of North America during spring thaw.But...
View ArticleBoise State Researcher Finds Most Kids Like Healthier School Lunches
Most Idaho kids went back to school this week, meaning for many, a return to school lunches. Food in public schools has changed significantly since new federal nutrition guidelines were passed in 2010.
View ArticleWhat An Idaho Researcher Learned About Jupiter's Moon
Could there be plate tectonics on other worlds? One former Idaho scientist thinks it’s possible. Until now, the movement of pieces of a planet’s crust was found nowhere else in the universe except...
View ArticlePartial Mammoth Skull And Tusk Found In Eastern Idaho
A portion of a mammoth skull and tusk have been uncovered in southeastern Idaho near American Falls Reservoir.Experts estimate the mammoth lived 70,000 years ago and was about 16 years old when it...
View ArticleScientific Work Has Just Begun On East Idaho Mammoth Remains
The discovery of a mammoth skull near eastern Idaho’s American Falls reservoir recently made national headlines. But scientists' work on the mammoth has just begun.
View ArticleOne Side Effect Of Hunting Wolves? They're Having More Sex
A new study out of Canada reveals a surprising side-effect that hunting may have on wolves.Researchers wanted to compare the hormone levels in wolves that often deal with hunters’ fire, versus wolves...
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