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Backyard Beetles: New research aims to save endangered beetle populations from dying out




Many species found in the Edwards Aquifer in Texas face several threats to their ecosystem, especially over pumping water, pollution, and competition from introduced species. Two of these species include the Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis) and the Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis). To help combat the threats to their ecosystem and increase their population,...

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Making History: Spawning Fish Discovery Shared in The Southwestern Naturalist

BIO-WEST and collaborating researchers recently published some “grand” news in the Southwestern Naturalist. Once thought extirpated from historical habitats in the Grand Canyon, razorback sucker presence and spawning were confirmed during long-term, ongoing research that originated in Lake Mead. Read the article here.

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Rooting for the Underdog: Biologists Research Endangered Fishes in Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon




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BIO-WEST Teams with Wildlife Agencies to Research Lake Powell Endangered Razorback Sucker

To better understand how endangered razorback sucker are maintaining a wild population, also called “recruiting,” BIO-WEST biologists assisted the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources with razorback sucker research on Lake Powell. This cooperative effort is part of a project funded by the US Bureau of Reclamation to determine razorback sucker use of Lake Powell...

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