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Mark Lewis

U of A professor emeritus joins ranks of Newton, Darwin in Royal Society

  • 28 May 2025
A visualization of a dinosaur soft tissue.

Cheeky discovery: scientists identify previously unknown soft tissue structure in dinosaurs

  • 27 May 2025
CATG Team

Threatened grasslands key to carbon capture solutions

  • 26 May 2025
U of A researchers did field work at the Mattheis and Roy Berg Kinsella research ranches, contributing to a global study examining plant biodiversity across the world.

Uncovering ‘silent’ species losses key for conservation efforts: study

  • 14 May 2025
How genes interact with environmental factors.

Genomics could hold the key to stroke risk, U of A researchers say

  • 8 May 2025
Deer standing in a field with hay bales

All out-approach needed to curb wasting disease 'hotspots' on farms, study suggests

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Bee Colony

Double threat: research shows how two gut parasites disrupt honeybee behaviour

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A Planet Called Sea

A Planet Called Sea

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bear in a field

Human recreation pushing the forest’s largest carnivores further than previously thought

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cross-section collected from a Douglas-fir tree in Jasper

Jasper used to burn often. Why did that change when it became a national park?

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hand holding test tubes of tiniest organisims on earth

Small but mighty: why microbes could be part of climate solutions

  • 12 August 2024
researchers monitored the responses of the Arabidopsis plant to simulated twilight conditions

Researchers discover optimum twilight time for plant growth

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