Press coverage of research
We have been fortunate to be featured a number of times for the research conducted on monarch butterflies and bess beetles.
Monarch butterflies and neonicotinoids
As part of my master's research, I tested the effects of neonicotinoids on adult monarch butterflies and found that they are more tolerant than previous research showed. Minnesota Public Radio did an interview and wrote a piece on this work.
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Monarch butterflies endangered
Monarch butterfly populations have been declining, and many organizations are working to improve their outcomes. We were featured in a video about the research being done to help monarchs. This was a response to monarchs being placed on the IUCN endangered list. This is not the official FWS Endangered classification.
Bess beetles infected with nematodes provide ecosystem services
During my undergraduate research, I worked on a project with Bess beetles and a nematode that infects the gut. In this study, we found that beetles infected with nematode process more wood in the same amount of time than uninfected beetles. We argued that the parasite has an indirect ecosystem service. This was picked up by the New York Times and Science News.