Natural Resources Institute News Archive

Bowl of soup leads student to win academic award
June 9, 2020 —
Grad student now works in southern Bolivia studying how small-scale farmers are restoring the use of traditional seeds

Calling all wildlife researchers
May 22, 2020 —
UM organizing wildlife researchers to study impact of travel, social restrictions on wildlife populations

Canadian Geographic: Fighting floods and fires while a pandemic rages on
April 14, 2020 —
'As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency agencies are stretched to their limits'

Are beef burgers bad for the environment?
November 5, 2019 —
Cattle help and hinder in complex ways

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Baby birds act like teenagers, new research finds
September 13, 2018 —
Researchers spy on fledgings with video cameras to reveal previously unseen behaviour

Smithsonian, Teen Vogue: These teen birds love sleeping in, too
September 13, 2018 —
A new study suggests young grassland songbirds postpone fledging in order to mooch off mom and dad as long as they can

For grassland bird conservation, it’s not the size that matters
August 7, 2018 —
U of M researchers uncover something unusual that will help us save grassland birds

NY TImes: Near Noisy Oil Fields, Lovesick Birds Change Their Tunes
March 13, 2018 —
If a sparrow sings his heart out on an oil field, but his would-be sweetheart can’t hear him above the oil pumps, what’s a bird to do?

Landmark study reports on new layer of complexity in songbird communication
March 5, 2018 —
An update from the songbird file