In The News: School of Life Sciences
Sabertooth cats once roamed Las Vegas, mammoths towered over the valley, and now, you can see them.
For eons humans have gazed into the heavens and pondered the mysteries of the universe.
In Northern Nevada’s Great Boiling Spring, strange microscopic creatures thrive in water hot enough to kill you.
Tracing your family roots. It's research that can turn up all kinds of surprises, and maybe even links to famous ancestors.
Scott Abella began researching changes in plant life in the Oak Openings in 2002 as an undergraduate intern from Grand Valley State University in Michigan. Fifteen years later, Dr. Abella, assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences at the ҳ| 鶹ýӳ, continues his research on his summer breaks.
Biologist Allen Gibbs calls them his “all-American flies.”
In a 2016 interview with CNN, Anthony Scaramucci — President Donald Trump's new White House communications director — said that Earth, as well as human history, is just 5,500 years old. But ample evidence exists to prove that the world has been around for much, much longer.
For a half-century, scientists have debated whether animals can hibernate for as little as a day
Scientists study how animals hibernate and how doing so might benefit people
In dry, disturbed soil throughout the West, a weedy invader from Eurasia has gained a tenacious foothold. Kochia scoparia, also called poor man’s alfalfa, has slender, gray-green leaves that turn an ornamental orange in autumn. Despite control efforts, this weed springs back relentlessly thanks to its bountiful seed bank.
Armed with shovels, the group turned enough dirt to plant 630 trees and grasses along the Las Vegas Wash, an area that was once submerged and served as a docking area for boats. “This area was 50 feet below Lake Mead,” said Dr. Scott Abella, assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences at UNLV.
During the summer months, everyone can hear the buzz. The sound seems to fill the air from June through August. It's the sound of cicadas.