
New Species of Water Bear Discovered by NSF REU Canopy Explorers
A new species of water bear was discovered by our NSF REU team of mobility-limited students in the canopy – in a Kansas OAK tree!

A new species of water bear was discovered by our NSF REU team of mobility-limited students in the canopy – in a Kansas OAK tree!

Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: It is often assumed that wheelchair dependency hinders a career in field biology. But scientists at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences are proving otherwise. With funds from the National Science Foundation, mobility-limited college students are tackling unanswered questions about what lives in the tops of temperate […]