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<p>A team from Utah State University has identified several factors to help answer a fundamental ecological question: why is there a ridiculous abundance of species some places on earth and a scarcity in others? What factors, exactly, drive animal diversity? They discovered that what an animal eats (and how that interacts with climate) shapes Earth’s diversity.</p>

Researchers map out strategies to protect rare plant populations as more development projects are planned

Plants in Great Salt Lake wetland ecosystems are able to pull hazardous metal pollution from the lake and sometimes pass it up the food chain, according to work by a team of researchers at USU. The study sampled three types of native plants and invasive phragmites to monitor concentrations of metals and see where in the plants they accumulated.

A new Utah State University study suggests hazardous metals arent only a concern when the lakebed becomes exposed, it is ending up in the Great Salt Lakes vital ecosystem.

Plants in Utah’s Great Salt Lake wetland ecosystems pull hazardous metal pollution from the lake and sometimes pass it up the food chain, new research has found.

Awards and recognition for students, staff, and faculty members from the Utah State University College of Sciences six departments.