applied ecology
![a greyish rhinoceros stands on a grassy hill; several other rhinos are sleeping on the ground nearby](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/White-rhino.jpg)
How Studying Poop May Help Us Boost White Rhino Populations
![Photo of caddisfly in water.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/mktaylorcaddisfly1500.jpg)
Newcomers May Change Ecosystem Functions – Or Not
![a metal thermometer gently touches the back of a bee on a flower](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Jewell-Hot-Bees-HEADER-credit-goes-to-MaliaNaumchik.jpg)
Study Finds Carrying Pollen Heats Up Bumble Bees, Raising New Climate Change Questions
![woman wearing latex gloves measures an object on a surgical tray in a laboratory](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/McKenney-human-guts-HEADER-1500.jpg)
Study Finds Significant Variation in Anatomy of Human Guts
![A male cockroach offers his abdomen to a female cockroach](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Brad-Taylor-cockroach-image-HEADER.jpg)
Nature’s Chefs: Scientists Propose Food-Making as Means of Understanding Species Interactions
![A bee visits a flower](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/aaron-burden-ZLJEN3rZuPk-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
What Do Messy Lawns Have to do With Bee Food? A Bee Expert Explains
![woman doctor gives vaccine to a Black toddler being held by her mother](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Jewell-stock-images-HEADER.jpg)
Study Underscores Lack of Diversity in Stock Photography Sites
![many ants swarm over a plastic plate containing different types of food. The plate is set on the ground, surrounded by leaves.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Youngstead-hot-ant-HEADER-1500.jpg)
Climate Conundrum: Study Finds Ants Aren’t Altering Behavior in Rising Temperatures
![brown-furred marten with grey ears is perched on the branch of a pine tree](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Marten-HEADER-1500-credit-Rylee-Jensen.jpg)
Carnivore Gut Microbes Offer Insight Into Health of Wild Ecosystems
![Emily Oven holds snake under study](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LJOOvenSnakes_11-2-scaled.jpg)
Scientists Monitor Emerging Fungal Disease in Snakes
![a mother bear and cub rest on a beach](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/McKenney-bears-HEADER-1500-credit-NPS.jpg)
Gut Microbiomes Help Bears With Very Different Diets Reach the Same Size
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Study Pinpoints ‘Win-Win’ Solutions to Protect Human Health and Conserve Ecosystems
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Shorter, Wider Flowers May Transmit More Parasites to Bees
![an adult brown bear and cub stand on a small spit of land with a lake on three sides](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Bear-Alaska-2022-HEADER.jpg)
What Shapes Gut Microbiomes of Alaska’s Brown Bears? Location, Location, Location
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