Field Notes
Latest · Oct 2026
RMBL researcher Carol Boggs, PhD, set out to study what attracts male Mormon fritillary butterflies. That work grew into a summer of high-speed video, hyperspectral photos, and a trade of hummingbird footage for butterfly images.
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Aug 2026
What begins as a summer research opportunity often becomes something much more. Lauren Berroa (bottom left) reflects on the laughter, friendships, fieldwork, and discoveries that shaped her time as an undergraduate researcher at RMBL.
Jul 2026
Public lands are a national treasure. They are integral components of our country’s culture, natural resource management, and biodiversity conservation. But not all forms of protected wild areas always work as well as they should for actually protecting biodiversity. …
Jun 2026
The climate at RMBL has always been variable, but this year is breaking records with new extremes in precipitation and temperature. billy barr measured record-late rain last fall, record-low snowfall for the winter, record-early snowmelt, and many new daily high temperatures this winter. … . …
May 2026
I’m Dan Blumstein and lead (with my colleague Julien Martin) the Marmot Project, one of the longest-running mammal studies in the world, here at RMBL. I just left Gothic after spending a week in the field. And I have to say — this season is unlike anything I have ever seen. …
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