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PHOTOS: Henry Doorly Zoo Academy visits UNK Biology Department

March 11, 2022 by Erika Pritchard

About 80 students from the Henry Doorly Zoo Academy in Omaha visited the UNK Biology Department Friday before watching sandhill cranes on the Platte River near Kearney. At UNK, the high school juniors and seniors went to three interactive labs – a miracle berry experiment that makes sour foods taste sweet with associate professor Nick Hobbs, an antler metrics activity that examined shed deer antlers with online master's in biology coordinator Brian Peterson and a … [Read more...] about PHOTOS: Henry Doorly Zoo Academy visits UNK Biology Department

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, News, Photo Galleries Tagged With: Biology, Brian Peterson, Dustin Ranglack, Nick Hobbs

Collaborative research project tracks pronghorn in Nebraska Panhandle

April 15, 2021 by Tyler Ellyson

 By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Pronghorn have roamed the grasslands of North America for thousands of years. One of the few remaining survivors of the last ice age, these fleet-footed mammals once shared the landscape with American cheetahs, saber-toothed cats and dire wolves. “They’re a uniquely North American species,” said wildlife biologist Dustin Ranglack. “Pronghorn are actually more closely related to giraffes than they are to any … [Read more...] about Collaborative research project tracks pronghorn in Nebraska Panhandle

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, Faculty, News Tagged With: Andy Little, Department of Biology, Dustin Ranglack, Kearney, Luke Meduna, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Pronghorn, Todd Nordeen, University of Nebraska, UNK

Science Café guest Ranglack to discuss bison, cattle interactions

February 10, 2017 by admin

WHAT: University of Nebraska at Kearney Science Café HOSTED BY: Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society TITLE: “The American Bison: Being Buffaloed” TIME: 5:30 p.m. DATE: Monday, Feb. 20 PLACE: The Loft, Cunningham’s Journal, 15 W. 23rd St., Kearney SPEAKER: Dustin H. Ranglack, UNK assistant professor of wildlife biology BIO: Ranglack came to UNK in 2016 and is establishing a research program focused around bison ecology and the impacts of habitat … [Read more...] about Science Café guest Ranglack to discuss bison, cattle interactions

Filed Under: Natural & Social Sciences, News Tagged With: Bison, Dustin Ranglack, ecology, habitat, Science Cafe, wildlife

Ranglack earns prestigious Southwood Prize for bison research

January 19, 2017 by admin

Dustin Ranglack received the Southwood Prize by the British Ecological Society for his paper, “Competition on the Range: Science vs. Perception in a Bison-Cattle Conflict in the Western USA.” (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey/UNK Communications)

Utah study shows cattle, rabbits graze more By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – An estimated 30 to 50 million bison once roamed North America before unregulated shooting reduced the population to about 1,000 by 1900. Because of conservation efforts, today there are approximately 500,000 bison, including a small herd in the Henry Mountains of Southern Utah. The herd, which is free ranging, genetically pure and disease free, is instrumental in bison … [Read more...] about Ranglack earns prestigious Southwood Prize for bison research

Filed Under: Natural & Social Sciences, News Tagged With: Bison, British Ecological Society, Cattle, Dustin Ranglack, Grazing, Hentry Mountains, Rabbits, research, Southern Utah, Southwood Prize

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