July 2012

Insulin Signal Sensitivity

WSU News,  July 26, 2012 Pullman, WA PULLMAN, Wash. – In the animal kingdom, huge weapons such as elk antlers or ornaments like peacock feathers are sexy. Their extreme size attracts potential mates and warns away lesser rivals. Now researchers led by scientists at the University of Montana and Washington State University have discovered a…

State Prisoners Give Monarch Project Wings

July 2, 2012 by Nella Letizia, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences | WSU News WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Gilbert London stands in front of a blue plastic food storage barrel converted into a Monarch butterfly rearing cage. Inside, roughly two dozen opaque-green chrysalises hang from milkweed plants like living jewels. In roughly 10…