Popular perennial flowering plants can attract diverse mix of pollinators
A bumble bee visits the perennial cultivar Agastache ‘Foeniculum’ (anise hyssop), which researchers found to attract a high number of pollinators
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Popular perennial flowering plants can attract diverse mix of pollinators
Popular species of perennial flowering plants vary widely in their attractiveness to pollinators, but homeowners and landscape managers who select certain perennial cultivars can support a diverse community of pollinators in their own backyards, according to a new study from a team of Penn State researchers.
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Preparing for potential pandemics is focus of new federal grant to Penn State
Since 2013, more than 1,500 cases of bird-to-human transmission of Asian lineage H7N9 low-pathogenic avian influenza virus have been documented
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Douglas Cavener named Huck Chair in Evolutionary Genetics
Douglas R. Cavener, Penn State Professor of Biology and former Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science, has been named Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Distinguished Chair in Evolutionary Genetics by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
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'Zombie Ant' sculpture brings interactive art to Penn State Behrend
A new art installation at Penn State Behrend’s School of Science uses sculpture, augmented reality and “zombie ants” to explain how an organism – in this case, a parasitic fungus – can spread.
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